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james_s:
No, I paid for postage to send it to the first person who asked, (and apologies, I screwed up and missed his request intially) the deal is they agree to do the same and send a similar package of stuff to the next, that way nobody should have to pay for postage more than once. The outgoing package can contain anything they don't want from this one, plus hopefully a few other items. Hopefully people have the sense not to send anything that is dangerous or just completely garbage. A padded flat rate envelope is cheap enough that I don't mind spending a few bucks to hopefully save some of my surplus bits & pieces from the landfill and also I thought it would be fun. It should be on its way to Bob now, and I passed him the address of the next guy in line, we'll see what happens.

There is of course no reason that somebody else here couldn't put together a similar package, and those passing mine on need not be limited to the size of package I used if they want to splurge and send something larger but there is no obligation, I think the flat rate padded envelope is a good minimum size to fit enough stuff to be interesting.

For those who are not aware, you can order USPS flat rate boxes in various sizes and also padded envelopes and they will deliver them to you at no charge, the idea is you effectively pay for them when you buy the postage to send them. You can also schedule a pickup right off your porch from the USPS website so the whole process can be done online without leaving the house. It's not the cheapest way to send most things but in the Covid era the convenience seems worth it.

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