NEVER ever ship a bowling ball USPS parcel post (regular 1st class mail) unless you want it to take up to 30 days to get to the destinantion. There is also no way to actually track the location of the ball with that shipping method. You can do a 2-3 day priority Mail service but it will cost you an arm and a leg.
If someone tells me they ship USPS, I tell them sorry I am not interested.
Now to answer your question, I use fed ex exclusively and have ana account and its normally anywhere from $13-$16 with $100 insurance depending on where its going and thats double boxed in a 9x9x9 outer box. If the person lives in a smaller town, it can cost a little bit more, but I have found Fed Ex to be the cheapest over UPS and DHL.
I am not sure what you mean when you ask about free UPS ground. Just like the old saying, nothing is free. Someone is paying UPS for that shipping costs.
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Edited on 12/17/2008 9:35 AM