Originally Posted by klhansen
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. frown

Shockingly enough, once I did the CC chargeback they called the next day demanding their parts back. I told them to provide a prepaid shipping label and schedule a UPS pickup because I was not spending a dime. Never heard from them again. I figure I will give it 6 months of silence before I consider the parts mine and use them anyway.

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