Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Since you're in Hawaii, check shipping policies. You need a seller willing to use Priority (or 1st class) Mail Flat rate to keep the cost down. Many sellers simply won't and whatever you save will disappear in shipping cost.
Yeah, shipping cost is a major hassle here, along with sky-high cost of living and taxes through the roof. But the climate, God, you just can't beat it. I've lived in some pretty inhospitable places; and used to drive an 18-wheeler tanker with hazmat industrial chemicals all over US and Canada all year round. When I remember that, tears of gratitude come to my eyes that I'm here . . .