Oh well no biggie, like I said before. I was really only interested in ordering because I needed a ballast for my tek light. After making a couple of calls I found one locally for cheaper than what BRS wanted.

Since all the packages ship separately and even if you ship with someone... you still pay directly relative to the weight/volume of what you order.

In my experience there is really no way to avoid paying a ton for shipping. Even if you share an order you're still paying the same as two separate orders based on my experiments with the shopping cart.