Vendors should be willing to work to get their coustomers the best shipping rate, in the Pantera World they too have a limited market, little stuff like customer sevice can mean the difference between repeat business or not.
No excuses, but knowing Larry he probably throws all his outgoing packages in a crate and has UPS pick it up, without thinking. His heart is in the right place and he means well, but I think he's off racing his Pantera sometimes, even when he's in the office, if you know what I mean.
When I got my GT4 flares home I was keen to see how they looked against the car, lucky I did as one part was missing. Went back to Larry and we find that some guy in Norway was about to get an extra part in his set. Thankfully a) I was local to be able to just pop back b) I didn't just put them aside until I was ready to do the conversion and c) the Norway set hadn't been picked up for shipping yet.
I'm literally 3 doors down from PPC in Reno, if shipping costs are an issue on small parts etc. I'd be happy to pick them up and mail on to you brother, just be aware that tax is 7.35% for in state sales!
Julian