I'm not sure if they still do it with UPS but when I used to order from the states a few years back I discovered that the difference between regular UPS with brokerage and expedited (which had lower brokerage) was only about $10 or $15. I started shipping everything expedited and got it way quicker for only a tiny bit more!
Actually thinking about I'm sure that expedited changed and they started to change double, not sure though.
Now ... postal service all the way. I can wait
