I will be buying a "toy" from Europe, and no, it's not anything I could possibly buy in the USA; being a cheapskate in other phases in life allows me to splurge like this, so don't talk me out of it! It is under the $2500 allowable importation so there will be no custom duty. It will fit on a standard shipping palette. I would love for it to be moved by truck (from Budapest) to some port that the shipping lines all use (like Koper, Slovakia or Trieste, Italy), and then put inside a container with other folks' stuff, and then have it dropped off at the major Gulf of Mexico port that is near my home (all shipping lines go to somewhere between Houston, New Orleans & Mobile), and then either trucked to my place, or I go pick it up with my station wagon right from the dock, which is within a day's round trip from any of those ports. So far I have only called places like FedEx & UPS, and since they deal with air cargo, the price is very high. Shipping has got to be a lot cheaper, but who do I call that can organize the whole logistics from picking it up (palleted, and from a place where a truck can easily get to) and getting it to the port near my home?