UPS is so expensive because the bought the border brokerage houses. Now they funnel their own freight through them so they can burn everyone with a "brokerage" fee. This is of course double dipping as far as I am concerned and I am sure there must be a law being broken somewhere. At one time most things in regular mail or shipping were not subject to brokerage fees, not anymore. A broker is someone that imports goods into the country for a customer and handles paperwork and duties/taxes. General mail freight did not fall under this classification because there is no paperwork that needed to be done, so no fee. Well guess what, they charge you now for doing absolutely nothing.

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1987 300 TDT
1990 300 SEL