I send my money orders to Japan via airmail. It 
costs all of **80 cents** and gets there in about 
four or five days barring weekend holdups. If you 
really want to be anal about it, you can use 
Global Prioroty which costs about $5 for the 
little flat rate envelope and it gets there in 
about the same time (but sometimes in three days).

I don't know what people you're talking to, but 
they seem to be **C L U E L E S S** about mailing 
things overseas. I suggest you go to the USPS 
website and print up a quote for what you tried 
to ask for. Then go to the postmaster at that 
office (with the name of the guy who was at the 
register) and try to get some of your money back. 
It probably won't work, but you never know. . . 
And if nothing else, someone will fill in the 
gaps in this dingbat's knowledge. o_0

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac