I recently took a friend to UPS that had to ship four boxes to Pennsylvania (from California) - cost over $500. I was really surprised Friend was in a hurry so we didn’t check the prices at FedEx and USPS.
The prices are ridiculous but I know they have to pay for their gas. To ship a fairly small box (no dimension over 12”) from Indiana to California and Oregon was around $30 each, and they weren’t heavy, either, not even 3#. It’s going to be cheaper for me to order gifts from Amazon, and skip anything very personalized at all. I am a sentimental type person about some things, so ordering off Amazon is kind of a bummer, but it’s come to that.