FED EX.......WTF

was about to fire off a rock auto order for all kinds of brake/rear end rebuild stuff-- shoes, cylinders, bearings, seals, gaskets, h'ware kits-- so nothing big or heavy.

$184 parts, $72 in shipping + tax.

one in particular $15.22 shipping on $8 for diff gasket and two axle gaskets.

yeah, not this time rock. split the order up between napa, o'reilly and amazon and it was under 200 and still got all the stuff in a about two days.
I think the key is to try and get all of your stuff from the same warehouse if possible. I was looking at a pair of mufflers.......One came from one warehouse and the other one from another. It was almost $50 shipping for each muffler........No dice on that one.