From anonymous34, we were asked, "I'm planning on buying a few things along the route, and I'd like to ship them home since we won't have much room in our bags. What shipping options are available along the route?"
All of the standard shipping options, like UPS, FedEx are available in Medford, Grants Pass and Yreka. In places like Glendale and Happy Camp, there is a US Postal Service presence and depending on the time of day and day of the week, they even have boxes to put your treasures in to ship back to yourself.
In Happy Camp, at the vendor fair the Author Signing booth will have the large flat rate boxes available to hand out (500 or so)... and you can take it to the post office yourself (before 5 pm?), or have the Author Signing booth ladies take it for you for a nominal charge. Just fill it up, write your address on it, seal it up, give it to the ladies with your payment, and you can rest assured they'll get it in the mail. Also, a lot of the vendors along the route have been asked to provide a shipping option for the items they're offering.
Another idea is to stow a few of the kevlar type priority mail envelopes from the USPS in your bags with preprinted postage from the post office on it. Then you could put some items in it (a few tshirts, handmade necklaces, etc.), find the closest post office, and put it though the mail slot. For safety regulations, I was told that there are big restrictions on stamped packages in Priority Mail (I know it sounds weird), so check this one out for yourself.
Monday, August 24, 2009
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