Horntoad said:
I don't know exactly what USPS rates are but I don't think three buck would cover the return. I payed over $2 for a padded envelope with only two pack of seeds and we talking about a hundred or more packs going back to the traders. It is going to take a box. The best way would be to send $6 to the central person along with your seeds. The small flat rate box for Priority Mail is $5.95 which comes with free tracking and the Post Office will provide the boxes for free.
I suppose that's a good consideration, although it depends on how many seeds people are planning on receiving. I didn't expect people to be receiving so many, but you're right, we should probably allow for the possibility/liklihood that a lot of seeds will be floating from person to person. My concern, though, is that I don't want the people who are only trading for a few seeds from a few different people to have to pay the larger rate that someone getting many seeds from a dozen different people would have to pay. Thoughts???
Also, while I don't want to determine the tip for myself, I do want to ensure that whomever is the central organizer for future years is 'taken care of' for their time. Unexpected things occur and there may be more work than anticipated for the central person, so I don't want to place that on people and expect them to do it without any sort of recompense for their time. Hmmm.... (Personally, if there was an amaryllis bulb or two in it for me, that might make it worth it,
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