[Sca-cooks] General Delivery

[Galefridus Peregrinus]

I've used General Delivery pretty extensively as a long distance hiker. 
I've been spending 2-3 weeks hiking the Appalachian Trail pretty much 
every year since 2001, and General Delivery is how I arrange to receive 
certain necessities that are difficult to find in the small towns along 
the Trail. I have never had any problems. Of course, the post offices 
along the Trail are accustomed to dealing with such packages, so that 
may make a difference.


-- Galefridus

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> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:09:49 -0800
> From: Glenn Gorsuch To: "sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org" Subject: 
> [Sca-cooks] General Delivery
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> I would heartily recommend AGAINST using General Delivery in this, or 
> any
> circumstances where you're shipping something of value.
>
> First of all, if you don't pick it up in three days, back it goes to 
> the
> sender--at the slowest possible speed.  This could be a problem if 
> they
> have your needful camping gear!
>
> Second, it all tends to go in a big bin.  If they don't find it, well,
> obviously they didn't get it, and you could be out of luck.  I 
> honestly
> don't know of GD will even accept packages.
>
> And third, I believe there's no way to ensure or insure your delivery. 
> You
> might do better, especially if needing to send bulk items, to see what 
> UPS
> or one of the other package delivery services can do for you.
>
> Caveats:  I do not work for the USPS or any other package delivery
> service.  I just work for an agency that has a lot of clients that use
> General Delivery, often to their dismay when we sent something they 
> needed,
> and they never got it.
>
> Gwyn
>
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> General Delivery is for people without a permanent mailing address, so 
> it
> might apply in this situation. You need to check with the post office 
> to
> see if there are any restrictions. The last time I used GD was 40 
> years ago
> when I came out of Alaska.
>
> I've used the USPS to ship luggage and purchases home when flying, so 
> it
> might work for the outbound leg.
>
> Bear