herekittykitty
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Haven't seen an answer to this one yet. My DH doesn't think he will want to stay in one place more than a few days at a time, at least for the first year or two (we haven't started fulltiming yet).
I think he'll change his mind once he adds up how expensive that gets, but I digress ;D.
If we do end up moving, say, twice a week, how DO we get our stuff forwarded? I already rely heavily on Amazon, et. al. for lots of supplements, even food, and other necessities.
The only thing I can think of is that you really have to plan ahead, and hope your choices are places you actually want to stay a few days once you get there? Also, to make sure that either the park will accept mail even if you're not staying a full month, OR that the closest PO will accept General Delivery?
Do I have it right, or are there other tricks I haven't thought of?
And how does General Delivery work? Will those that accept it just take anything that comes General Delivery and hold it for a specified period of time, or do you need to show up and register, or something?
Also, having lived in the boonies for years, I developed a habit for having things that I didn't know how the vendor was going to ship, when they require a street address, sent to my name but using the actual street address of the PO, with my box number after that, because FedEx and UPS will deliver to the post office that way. (We have no mail delivery to our home, but I have in the past given out my street address as required, only to have the vendor send things via USPS! Idiots.) But I do not know if this trick will work when things are being sent to General Delivery.
I understand the broad outlines of mail forwarding, but am wondering whether anybody has experience with the fine details of how to get packages, especially, when you're constantly on the move.
I think he'll change his mind once he adds up how expensive that gets, but I digress ;D.
If we do end up moving, say, twice a week, how DO we get our stuff forwarded? I already rely heavily on Amazon, et. al. for lots of supplements, even food, and other necessities.
The only thing I can think of is that you really have to plan ahead, and hope your choices are places you actually want to stay a few days once you get there? Also, to make sure that either the park will accept mail even if you're not staying a full month, OR that the closest PO will accept General Delivery?
Do I have it right, or are there other tricks I haven't thought of?
And how does General Delivery work? Will those that accept it just take anything that comes General Delivery and hold it for a specified period of time, or do you need to show up and register, or something?
Also, having lived in the boonies for years, I developed a habit for having things that I didn't know how the vendor was going to ship, when they require a street address, sent to my name but using the actual street address of the PO, with my box number after that, because FedEx and UPS will deliver to the post office that way. (We have no mail delivery to our home, but I have in the past given out my street address as required, only to have the vendor send things via USPS! Idiots.) But I do not know if this trick will work when things are being sent to General Delivery.
I understand the broad outlines of mail forwarding, but am wondering whether anybody has experience with the fine details of how to get packages, especially, when you're constantly on the move.