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If China can ship things to us cheaper than we can between states, there is a problem. It is revelant.
We do not ship picture frames to Hawaii and Alaska because of the high cost. Plus if it gets broken, we have to ship a replacement and pay return shipping. I don't understand how Amazon does it.
Let it roll amazon has no fulfillment center in Hawaii and prime doesn’t include free 2 day shipping here
How is that relevant to the OP's question?To the OP's question, maybe sellers have experienced shipping to AH or AK what I have when shipping overseas. I think it's been every time for me that I have sold overseas I will use whatever shipper's calculator to collect payment, and then when I actually ship the item it costs anywhere from 25% to 100% (yes this happened once) to ship the item.
I did not realize until seeing this thread moved to "Humor and jokes, that shipping to Alaska and Hawaii was a joke? I guess now I know.... is it funny to folks who live there too?
If it costs more to ship to them then it is for them to ship to us, there is a problem. I always felt that Americans got the short end of the stick. They can get cheaper flights to America versus us flying to Europe as well. If it costs China $1.30 to ship to America, and we have to pay $6.30 to ship to another state, we are getting the short end of the stick. Foreign country to USA should not be cheaper than USA to USA. The same logistics are involved (in fact, they are shorter). It's not like we are going to the South Pole and landing on ice. It is a short cargo flight to our remote states.On a side note: if you have to bribe to get your package delivered in a foreign country, nobody is allowed to complain about our home country again. Any country that you have to bribe your way for commerce is a tyrannical country.
As unfair as you think the international shipping costs are, that has no relevancy to the OP's question. He never mentioned China. I have a feeling you won't understand this though.