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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'll answer about shipping UPS to a Post Office -
NO! The Post Office will not accept a UPS or FedEx (or other shipper)
package. I did hear once about someone getting around it by shipping with out a
signature requirement. Maybe I'll have to delve back into the Postal Regs.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>One ringer in this whole system is that each postmaster,
and by extension each postal employee, has some latitude is what to accept. We
have personal experience of a friend's UPS shipped box of cookies being accepted
by a post office. The postmaster then mailed it to us at his post office COD.
Hey, those cookies were worth the postage!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The flip side is several of our packages disappeared into
the postal sysem in Nevada on the ADT. They weren't returned and we can find no
information about them. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ken</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=farber51@msn.com href="mailto:farber51@msn.com">JOHNNY J FARBER</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pct-l@backcountry.net
href="mailto:pct-l@backcountry.net">pct-l@backcountry.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 02, 2008 8:44
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pct-l] Esbit fuel &
alohol</DIV>
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<DIV>When we hiked on the PCT in 2001 (before 911 security changes)we mailed
esbit fuel tabs in our mail drops but does anyone know if you can still do
that? What Iv'e seen is it needs to be shipped ground which
is UPS. So can you UPS to a post office? I bought an alcohol
stove, but it seems to make the water taste funny. Has this happened to
anyone else? Sharon & John FREE&EZgoing</DIV>
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