Of all the items (includes car parts, audio/video equipment, etc) that I have ordered I have maybe only paid taxes on 5% of the items. Pinball Life and the rest will all ship USPS. If you want to chance it without a tracking number, the shipping is a lot cheaper - but then you take the risk if it goes missing no recourse. Most of the pinball places ship with tracking, but Pinball Bulbs and Pinball Resource will ship regular (a lot of the arcade shops will send regular as well).

I live too far from the border to make it worth my while to make the drive (5 hours 1 way). We just need to get together around my area and all put in a big order and share the shipping cost.