I feel your pain, Paul_C... I have experienced some excruciatingly high brokerage fees by UPS when ordering a 27$ pair of Ironclad gloves from the US. I won't mention it here since it's only going to add to the anger.

Not mentioning the fact that you cannot intercept a package being delivered by UPS until not one, not two, but all three delivery attempts have been made (at least that's how it is where I live). Gotta love unions... So assuming a package has arrived to your local facility on monday, you can't get a hold of it until wednesday at the end of the day.

United States Postal Service is the only way to go. My two cents. Sorry you had to learn the hard way, Paul_C.