Okay, people. Did you know that they are now asking for your first born along with an arm and a leg for international shipping? Holy Cow. A box the size of a VHS tape is rather reasonable at $14.00…but when you go up to the next size the shipping charges go up to $45.00. No in between…I cannot BELIEVE it! So, I am at an impass…do I be a cheapy and withhold all the things they desire because $30 extra dollars makes that beef jerky VERY valuable and expensive beef jerky…or do I just cough up the money to deliver them all their heart's desire? This also stinks, because I was hoping to send 2 packages…but $90.00 to the USPS is rather steep, don't you think?
Above is the $14.00 teensy box and below is the box I'd like to send, but is outrageously expensive.
Isn't there an in between?! Does anyone know of a way to ship somewhat heavy/bulky things internationally that doesn't require me to offer up my firstborn to indentured servanthood?
Anyhow, below is just part of the intended contents of the first box. I was asking the teenage boy cashier at my favorite grocery store (Harris Teeter, anyone?!) if he was ever weirded out by the random stuff people buy…and he said he's seen it all so at this point he remains unfazed. Anyway, I went to the grocery store without my kids (what, you mean I'm allowed to say more than 3 words without interruption?!) and I was buying strange things like beef jerky and icing (which makes the lower 3/4 of the FDA Food Pyramid look like the Master's Cleanse or something)…so I was feeling a little out of sorts and I think I was just stammering and rambling and dying for conversation. :)
At this point, the mission isn't completed…I still don't know the best way to ship. I can't cram all of the above (and that's not even all of it) into a box the size of a VHS tape. Any ideas dear readers?