ORIGINAL: OldScaleGuy
USPS really is the least expensive way to send any thing outside the U.S. I have a friend in Germany that i mail things to from time to time and i have never been able to beat the USPS prices, not to their prices are great but they are lower.
I started using USPS too, the prices are always a bit less then UPS, well, most the time. I sent some magazines to a friend in the UK and went into sticker shock!! The moment it goes air the prices go sky high with the package.