[Milsurplus] ... plus shipping to Hawaii

[Sheldon Daitch]

Bear in mind, however, USPS shipping to Hawaii isn't any more 
expensive than shipping from the US east coast to the US west 
coast, zone 8 postage, either case.  Same for Alaska.

The real USPS bargain is shipping between Saipan, Tinian and
Guam and the 50 states.  Compare those rates to the rates UPS 
or FedEx would charge to those three destinations.

If this is an opportunity to have a minor rant, it is against sellers
who state "CONUS shipping only."  My definition of CONUS is
the 48 contiguous states.  If the CONUS destination is zone 8 
postage rates for the mailer, then the postage costs for Hawaii,
Alaska, Saipan, Tinian, Guam and most APO/FPO addresses
will all be the same.  

For that matter, under some unique mailing situations, say for a 
San Francico mailer, it is cheaper to mail to APO/FPO AP than
it is to mail from San Franciso to Nevada.

73
Sheldon






> The bottom line is that, except for Priority FRBs, shipping here can be
> frightfully expensive and I'm well aware of that.  It's part of the price
> of
> living here.  If I'm allowed time to insert the shipping cost into my next
> month's (or the month after that) budget, I'm not too awfully concerned
> about it for items I really do want and *none* of them exceed USPS regs as
> to size and weight with the possible exception of a BC-191/-375 carcass or
> two, and I think even they can be squeezed in under the size restrictions.
> Some exceed the 70 pound limit as is but subchasses or subassemblies can be
> removed to bring them to or under the limit.