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omech · 3rd May 2008, 05:40

Quote: (Originally Posted by Mixaddict)

I would check out the US Postal Service. For some crazy reason, Uncle Sam feels compelled to continue to offer US postal service with standard domestic rates to Truk. Might as well take advantage of our tax payments at work! It's pretty much like mailing a package from California to New York.

That's what I thought... There was dancing in the streets when I saw that $40 would ship 45# of sorb to Truk in 2 weeks. However, I was a bit suspect as it was a small fraction of the UPS/etc alternatives. Several phone calls to a number of confused USPS agents revealed that despite this being listed as an option on the USPS website the service was not available. The reason given was that "USPS no longer ships ground to these sort of far-flung locales."

Now, there seemed to be some uncertainty due to no one I spoke to actually having shipped anything to Truk (or knowing where it was for that matter), so I'd be quite keen to discover I'm wrong.

3rd May 2008, 05:40	#31 (permalink)
omech New Member Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: May 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 27	Re: Chuuk (Truk) CCR friendly & best time of year Quote: (Originally Posted by Mixaddict) I would check out the US Postal Service. For some crazy reason, Uncle Sam feels compelled to continue to offer US postal service with standard domestic rates to Truk. Might as well take advantage of our tax payments at work! It's pretty much like mailing a package from California to New York. That's what I thought... There was dancing in the streets when I saw that $40 would ship 45# of sorb to Truk in 2 weeks. However, I was a bit suspect as it was a small fraction of the UPS/etc alternatives. Several phone calls to a number of confused USPS agents revealed that despite this being listed as an option on the USPS website the service was not available. The reason given was that "USPS no longer ships ground to these sort of far-flung locales." Now, there seemed to be some uncertainty due to no one I spoke to actually having shipped anything to Truk (or knowing where it was for that matter), so I'd be quite keen to discover I'm wrong. Last edited by omech : 3rd May 2008 at 05:43. Reason: typing while tired.
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