One very inexpensive way of shipping that most of you are probably not aware of is Fastenall. Yes, Fastenall, the fastener distributor. Many communities have Fastenall distributors nearby. If you are shipping something very heavy and/or very large and you are willing to wait up to two weeks their prices beat UPS. Your parcel will go from the local Fastenal facility to the regional one and then on to the local one nearest the addressee who will then be notified to come pick it up. I often use this for heavy parcels going coast to coast.
Mike, for longer cars the best USPS can do are 23" x 11" x 3" Priority Mail boxes which are free. But then you can only please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time.
