Maildrop v. Buy-in-town the old debate was Re: [at-l] Thoughts on freezing supplies?

[sloetoe@yahoo.com (Sloetoe)]

--- Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
> After postage, resupplying in town is as nearly as 
> cheap as buying in bulk, but you have the benefit of switching diets.

Let's try a little frugal math ('cause I'm a cheapskate)

I buy PopTarts in large boxes at Sam's Club for maybe half of what I see
at run-of-the-mill grocery stores, and maybe a third of what I might see
at (let's say) the little grocer in Hot Springs. Let's *conservatively*
spread just 50% savings over the majority of what I eat on trail. My
$50.00 week food package is cut to $25.00. Let's *conservatively* say I'm
going to mail it out for $10.00, reducing my $25.00 savings to only
$15.00. Let's *conservatively* say I'm going to hike the AT in 21 weeks,
so I'm needing 20 maildrops.....

$15.00 savings x 20 maildrops is a boatload of pizza, no matter how it's
sliced. Getting less "conservative" in assumptions might easily push
savings to $500.00, a sum not easy to walk away from. (Analogy intended.)


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T.Roosevelt 4/23/10

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