Parts Prices, WTF?!

Last week I have 7 WOMs lack 1 from being 2 full sets. $150 plus shipping to Ca.. I box it take it to post office, she measures and weighs it, $29. Even writes it on the box . I get the guys $179 and take it back, same idiot weighs and measures again, and says' "Sorry, but it is oversize" USPO can not ship this!" WTF??? OK she is just some kind of stupid or totally incompetent?.
SO I make 60 mi trip other direction to a PostIt store, all I can do. They charge me, $155.21 I ask WTF and all I get is it goes to Ca, that is expensive. So I ask don't YOU guys make $$$ doing all this for Fed X!? WTF anyway, He says oh no. Yea right.
So I am wondering if I just got screwed BAD> I call FedX and tell my story and find their charges would be $55. I call another store in another town that handles Fed X etc and they give me a price of $132. Still crazy! I cleared $25 after 100 mi. on the road! So anyway I sent it own from the PostIt store, and the dude got it and I told him the whole sordid deal. He says, thank you.
I said, you are welcome.
I always ask the post office to measure it and put the numbers in with a quote. Even write numbers, and weight on the box. I had em one time not do that and just weigh it, then when I brought it back, they said it's more money because of the box size being oversized. I learned after that mistake to always have em do this.

If you have UPS terminal, not pack n mail close by, you are better off bringing it directly to UPS. A guy just bought a repop 68-69 barracuda dash bezel and glovebox trim from me. Shipping was $29 I had them insure it after the fact on my dime just in case it gets broken, and my total was $35 and change.

Post office is great on flat rate boxes if you can pack them full of heavy stuff. I have sent M body disc brake spindles, dust shields, and brake caliper brackets I think in large flat rate boxes wrapped with duct tape.