In complete agreement. I was fortunate enough to a have friend who waived those costs for me. The takeway is that, anecdotally, the UPS $1,000 threshold appear

In complete agreement. I was fortunate enough to a have friend who waived those costs for me. The takeway is that, anecdotally, the UPS $1,000 threshold appears to genuinely change behavior; anything less is pragmatically just another package subject to careless/willful transport abuse.