This complaint is probably old news for many, but Midway USA has lost another 30+ year regular customer due to shipping price gouging. Living in Alaska, while on the road system, I'm used to paying a little extra for shipping, but Midway's remote location surcharges are outrageous! I was planning to purchase a new chronograph and 3 boxes of .30 jacketed bullets, 11.5 lb and $250 before taxes. Before signing in, shipping was estimated at a reasonable $17.60.
Once I entered an Alaska zip and PO Box, shipping jumped to $70.60!!! Not only is there an $18 remote location surcharge, there is another $35 surcharge for shipping over 10 lb to a remote location PO Box! Screw that! Grafs, Buffalo Arms and Brownell's don't play that game, neither did Midsouth or Natchez the last time I ordered from them.
Maybe I'm getting senile, but I'm sure I got an email notification a month or so ago from smiling Larry Potterfield, Mr. Midway USA, stating that Midway was starting to use USPS flat rate shipping and there wouldn't be any remote location fees tacked on if the USPS flat rate delivery was available to the shipping address. Did anyone else see that notification? Maybe I was dreaming.
In the end, I bought a much better (and more expensive) chronograph from Brownell's, the new Garmin Xero Pro doppler radar reviewed by Terry Weiland in the latest issue of "Handloader" and it was $43 less than Midway.