I have an account with both UPS and FED-EX and the best way to ship (IMHO)is FED-EX, My Sister in Law lives outside Seattle and FED-EX only delivers on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I use UPS for her and the rest of my shipments go FED-EX for LESS money. It cost $8.00 (Fed-Ex)to ship to my brother a 14 lb box of fruit juice,(he lives in Texas and I live in Utah)and $11.00 to ship via UPS.