I was going to order tires from an outfit in PA, but they wanted $3000 to ship 5 tires priced at ~$100 each to Alaska. But their website said free shipping. I called to find out what the deal was, and they said each tire cost $600 to ship. At that point I told them I could fly down there and bring the tires back with me as baggage for less money. They stuck to their $3000 cost. As the tires were hard to find elsewhere, I bought them, using the free shipping to a Freight forwarding company in WA that I'd used before, who charged me $180 to bring them up to me at their local terminal.
@Fibonachu I'll bet they never said "Sorry for the trouble" either.
