Mail scenic delivery

FedEx with an account within USA is not a bad deal. Sometimes the larger stuff is actually cheaper with FedEx. Lots of stuff is USPS subcontracted between routes. I had a shipment sitting at the Shanghai airport for a month before it said enroute. When I got it 70 days later it was 3 25 cent facemasks when my order should have been a tabletop metal smelter! Guy said they sent the wrong item, Ill ship again and then he provided me with a fake tracking number that went to a fake website that said my package was on its way. 8 Days later (From China!) I track it to a "dock" in my hometown and its out for delivery....nothing....for 5 days. Emailed the guy back, WTF..Where is it> Uh, they lost it, do you want a 60% refund or credit to a fake sneaker website based in China? I want it all back..no, please understand that they lost it and Im out the price of the item...so YOU get your money back from them, I want mine. Done with him, Opened a paypal dispute (wait for it...) and 6 days later, I get a full refund from paypal. Damn, they finally came to bat for me. I just had a transistor sent to me from PA, was 4 days in transit in an envelope. packages are probably slow but letter mail seems to be fine.
Good thing you didn't send PP as "friends or family", if you did, you would have lost out completely.