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There is a company called Ship To Hawaii, where you have Amazon (or whoever) free ship to LA terminal, and you pay a charge for the flight here with them. I think they are still in business.
But yeah, living in the middle of the ocean poses problems, and solving those problems usually costs more money.
If you need specialized medical care, it is going to cost you more being on the neighbor islands, also our excise tax is on services and food, which a sales normally isn't in most places. It all adds up.
...popular saying on the big island...."if you're in pain...get on a plane"...
How do they get me 100 lbs in parts for less than $240 in shipping?
Check with a freight forwarder and try to send it via ocean freight instead of air. It'll take longer, but if it's a small heavy item, ocean freight is the least expensive way to get things.
Forget UPS or FedEx. Can it be sent in two pieces via US post office? If it can fit in those flat rate boxes, that may be the least expensive option.
Curlees in Hawaiian Paradise Park did all 4 my brakes on my farm truck for about $480, and that included extra work to drill out, tap, and replace some rusted out bolts. I'm sure Lex Brodies would have easily been twice that.
About a year later I took my truck back there because it wouldn't start and since it only took them a few minutes to fix it, they spent the remainder of the minimum 1 hour labor charge banging out dents.
um hawaii will be more expensive than the average place in the lower 48 for just about everything you could imagine purchasing. except maybe USPS services, which some is flat rate. Maybe some airheaded mainlanders would be surprised, but exactly 0 adults from hawaii would be. lol
here's a couple mainlanders might not realize:
free shipping (hawaii residents pay R@PE UPS/FEDEX, maybe $20-30 for a small item)
company ship to your doorstep (hawaii excluded)
$5 combo with drink bla bla bla commercial on tv ($10 in hawaii)
Of course, I do my own for a fraction of the cost because I get the oil and filter from Walmart. Sometimes I get the oil at Costco when they have their $10 rebate on 6 quarts. But living in Hawaii means using some "hacks" to make the cost of living comparable to the mainland. For example, if I am going out of town I can take my car to the dealer for an oil change and their free courtesy shuttle will take me to the airport and secure my car for me until I get back for free. When I get back in town I can call them and they will send the shuttle to pick me up. So since I'm not paying to park at the airport, either the oil change or the parking is free (depending on how you look at it).
Shipping to Hawaii is expensive but a lot of people don't know that shipping from Hawaii back to the mainland isn't as expensive. I get a discount through USAA but with a negotiated rate shipping packages FedEx is cheaper than using the postal service (excluding first class and flat rate rates). Their planes come here fully loaded but leaving here, not so much, so they offer better rates on outgoing packages. Plus it gets there usually in 2 days and the boxes aren't all banged up like when the USPS handles them.
Brilliant idea on the oil change/car parking! We usually get our neighbors to drop us off at the airport and pick us up. Since we do the same for them, it all works out.
I'll check out the shipping boxes via FedEx, it never occurred to me that their rates would be less expensive on the way back. Can this be done with their website or do you have to call their office?
The ocean freight route goes from Hawaii on to other Pacific islands, so not a lot of discounted freight options there, I'd expect?
For example, if I am going out of town I can take my car to the dealer for an oil change and their free courtesy shuttle will take me to the airport and secure my car for me until I get back for free. When I get back in town I can call them and they will send the shuttle to pick me up.
Good to know. Would that be Toyota or Honda? Does it matter if you bought from them or not? Any limits on how many days they will hold your car?
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