Gov Planet small HMMWV parts and shipping

[jpinst]

I bought a tiny part of Gov Planet for my HMMWV. basically its a light control panel and weights less than a pound.

The Gov Planet certified shipper gave me a shipping estimate of $250 - yes for this one single part.

I bought many vehicles from the site in the past and used large shippers fro those. How are you guys getting these small parts shipped to you? Seems to be a pain in the neck.

Thanks in advance!!

 

[Action]

Buy local. or find someone near there that you trust to pick it up for you...

 

[99nouns]

Are you getting it ship to Hong Kong?

 

[natrgatr]

I called the contact for the item and they let me send a call tag from UPS to pick the item up. I bought a second small item a week later and GovPlanet emailed me and offered UPS shipment. Give them a call, I bet you could arrange something.

 

[Action]

Who is packing it and getting it ready for UPS?

 

[NormB]

Back in the 90's, USAA had this deal on a private FEDEX account and I took them up on it.

It's really easy to print out and mail a shipping label to someone or even use one of the labels off the account-linked bar-coded roll they sent way back when. in rare instances someone is gouging buyers on shipping (
There's a FMV parts seller in Texas I totally ignore on the evil auction site as shipping for small things, say, a windshield wiper motor might be $35. I've used ePay's shipping label generator, I know better) I can send a label for a common carrier and most honest dealers/sellers (C&R guns mostly) will honor this. All they've got to do is slap the label on the package and hand it to the courier when they stop by to deliver pkgs.

I've since done the same with a "Brown" account which I only use for tracking now due to their political affiliations (like I don't do Starbucks)

May be a way of doing this through USPS but so far as I've know it only works one way, your zip code to another, not the other way around.