If you are "not" near a large Airline Hub, or an airport that connects to the Hub, the vendor normally uses, shipping cost will be higher.
Its all about proximity.
When I lived in Milwaukee a Southwest Airlines Hub, I could get heavy fish boxes fairly inexpensively thru that airline, whereas a tiny box fro say, Seattle on another airline would cost the same.
Its also about the weight, a large fish like a semi adult gar, will cost an arm and a leg, compared to a bag of fry that only need a little water, so inevitably cost considerably less.
Also in the midwest, there is a service call Speedee delivery (which covered an area of about 5 states) that I could ship fish (within those states)for around $20, and they would pick them up at my door and deliver that same way.
Charney
has had them ship to him and it was cheaper then the tolls to go into queens...
