Thank you all so much for your input! Although it seems from a lot of the private emails that I received giving me cheaper shipping options and carriers that I probably did not explain my dilemma properly LOL!!. It is not the cost of the shipping or even the carrier.....although United Package Smashers and me are like the Hatfield and the McCoys... it was more that when I tallied up the shipping on everything, I thought geez what a shelter could do with that.....especially in these times. I would have rather given the money to the shelter than the shipper. Thanks again. Pat [Posted in FML 6858]