Even though you have no control if someone else is shipping something to you, the wife has been using https://www.pirateship.com/ to ship packages and it's waaay cheaper to ship even though they're using the same shippers (USPS, Fedex, UPS, etc)

You're still at their mercy as far as the quality of the shipping, but the price is always cheaper.



The wife has been waiting for a package for about 3 weeks from the post office.
It was shipped from California and was supposed to come to Missouri, but it went to Puerto Rico for some reason based on the tracking.
We have a guess as to why, but won't know sure till it arrives.
Our zip code is 63084 and Puerto Rico's 03084.
If a scanner read the first number wrong that would explain the detour.
Until it arrives we don't know if the label is hand written or printed.
The woman who shipped it kinda acts like it's not her problem "I shipped it" is what she says.
She doesn't seem to get that if it gets lost only she can initiate anything with the post office since she's the shipper/postal customer.