Question about mail-ordering food from rawrestaurants

October 1, 2005

Okay, here's the deal on mailing - it sucks. I sent a box of food to a

friend in NYC. I got a styro box (10 " x 14 " ) + 10 pounds dry ice (too much)

= $25. To ship 2nd day air to NYC via USPS it was $29 = $54 total not

counting my gas for running around and my time. The food in the box might

have been worth $25 if that! Not worth the cost unless you really love the

person, which I do.

BUT since then I have found that my co-op (in Everett) gets styro boxes

every so often and will save them for me. AND on Tuesdays they get small 1#

bags of dry ice I can have for free. When I get ready to send again, I will

for sure go this way!

Shari

October 1, 2005

> Okay, here's the deal on mailing - it sucks. I sent a box of food

> to a

> friend in NYC. I got a styro box (10 " x 14 " ) + 10 pounds dry ice

> (too much)

> = $25. To ship 2nd day air to NYC via USPS it was $29 = $54 total

Dry ice people generally do say #5/day. In cooler months one might

get away with less. Given post-9/11 hassles wrt dry ice as a

hazardous material, though, I've found that it's easier to load up

with water ice and just ship Priority Mail. Mind you, this was when

I had an inexhaustible supply of outdated emergency water packets

that froze up beautifully.

> BUT since then I have found that my co-op (in Everett) gets styro

> boxes

> every so often and will save them for me.

Pet stores are a good source of these, too. It'd be nice if they

weren't trading in the lives of fish, but aside from that .... I

used to get all I could use from a pet store in Everett.

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