In the end, I bought a pencil case with an animal print (for $5.99) for a certain daughter who likes cows, taking advantage of Urbanq.com's offer of free standard shipping.
Before the advent of this standard, shipping anything in bulk was a complicated, laborious process.
Although I specified standard shipping ($6.10), the order arrived the next day via Federal Express.
All five bathing suits arrived promptly, via standard shipping, within six days.
"Standard" shipping was free, but the shirt would not arrive for a week to 10 days.
I recently bought several pounds of Castlebrites, a standard shipping apricot, from a local market.
The company offers free delivery (two pounds minimum) in Westport and charges standard shipping rates for other towns.
The friendly customer service representative also told me to allow 7 to 10 business days for standard shipping.
As a result, exporting a standard shipping container costs $1,770 in Colombia, against $1,480 in Argentina.
Under standard shipping industry contracts, the importer that contracted a ship to carry a cargo must pay the costs for port delays.
Britain has an estimated £4bn worth of equipment in Afghanistan, including 3,300 armoured vehicles, 50 aircraft and 5,500 standard shipping containers worth of items.
