Anywhere in Louisville shipped to my home from any of the many zip codes would be zone 0. If I'm at a local post office, I ship out of town. If I'm out of town, even just across the bridge in southern Indiana, the zone is greater than 0 so I ship it home and reuse it.
I'll ship hand soap, food, and other consumables home. Friends out of town get food, my Goodwill clothes, stuff I get at yard sales for $.25.....
I buy bags of decorative rocks at the Dollar Tree. If something needs a little etra weight, I add a couple of rocks! My friends and family think it's a hoot and can't wait to see what I'll send next. They also keep a box of some of the useless things so I can pick them up next time I'm in town.
Bubble Wrap envelopes are my package of choice for Scenario A/D. Staples sells a package of 12 for $13.99. I reuse them by taking off all the stickers and taping new labels on over the old addresses. We do get reimbursed for the packaging so scan the receipt with the label that shows how many were in the package. You have to prove how much one box or envelope costs to get reimbursed for it. Getting it questioned got me 3 "9's" in a single dat for the editors having to write me emails to straighten it out after doing about 80 of them with no questions. lol
Today I Will Choose Joy!
"Finally, whatever things are good, true, noble, lovely, of good report...if there be any virtue, if there be any praise...think on these things." ....It's a command, not a suggestion!