06-26-2026, 11:11 PM
Regarding ShipToHawaii…
I used shiptohawaii rate quote page to price a dehumidifier that Amazon won’t ship to Hawaii. 37 lbs, 16x15x16. Was quoted $199 with no indication of the shipping method.
https://www.pirateship.com/rates Showed rates from shiptohawaii CA warehouse 90301 to 96778 ranging from $177 (ground adv) to $316 (priority) for commercial shipping with several UPS options in between.
Not worth it for a $160 item on Prime Day sale, but shiptohawaii doesn’t look any better than having my sister in WI forward me a package that won’t ship to Hawaii from the vender…
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Even with more items coming up unavailable to Hawaii these days, Amazon Prime is still an incredible value IMO. I had two 100lb -galvanized- propane tanks and eight 40lb tanks shipped free several weeks ago (and 9 arrived!). I believe Amazon added those items to the unavailable list lately though. Nevertheless, Amazon Prime is even more of a value in Hawaii than the mainland when factoring in shipping IMO. Hawaii is a LONG way from California.
eBay is fine for lighter stuff but usually Ground advantage. Lowe’s and Costco have very reasonable UPS shipping surcharges in many items, if not free.
And Home Depot ship to store for pick up has been great for some esoteric chimney stuff as well as large pack snap to tiles, etc. Years back I found that even stuff Home Depot says not available for Hawaii can be shipped to store if you order in person at the Pro counter. Dunno if that is still the case.
Of course, I don’t know if a particular eBay seller is a Hitler lover or a Bernie Sanders millionaire socialist or a pedo. Don’t even know if Home Depot, Lowe’s, Target, Walmart, Sportmans, or Menards (horrible shipping) for that matter, pass the slime test used on Amazon and Starlink. But Costco is kosher, I assume. No?
Cheers,
Kirt
I used shiptohawaii rate quote page to price a dehumidifier that Amazon won’t ship to Hawaii. 37 lbs, 16x15x16. Was quoted $199 with no indication of the shipping method.
https://www.pirateship.com/rates Showed rates from shiptohawaii CA warehouse 90301 to 96778 ranging from $177 (ground adv) to $316 (priority) for commercial shipping with several UPS options in between.
Not worth it for a $160 item on Prime Day sale, but shiptohawaii doesn’t look any better than having my sister in WI forward me a package that won’t ship to Hawaii from the vender…
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Even with more items coming up unavailable to Hawaii these days, Amazon Prime is still an incredible value IMO. I had two 100lb -galvanized- propane tanks and eight 40lb tanks shipped free several weeks ago (and 9 arrived!). I believe Amazon added those items to the unavailable list lately though. Nevertheless, Amazon Prime is even more of a value in Hawaii than the mainland when factoring in shipping IMO. Hawaii is a LONG way from California.
eBay is fine for lighter stuff but usually Ground advantage. Lowe’s and Costco have very reasonable UPS shipping surcharges in many items, if not free.
And Home Depot ship to store for pick up has been great for some esoteric chimney stuff as well as large pack snap to tiles, etc. Years back I found that even stuff Home Depot says not available for Hawaii can be shipped to store if you order in person at the Pro counter. Dunno if that is still the case.
Of course, I don’t know if a particular eBay seller is a Hitler lover or a Bernie Sanders millionaire socialist or a pedo. Don’t even know if Home Depot, Lowe’s, Target, Walmart, Sportmans, or Menards (horrible shipping) for that matter, pass the slime test used on Amazon and Starlink. But Costco is kosher, I assume. No?
Cheers,
Kirt