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by TMWNN 1465 days ago
>1. Cost of living in Puerto Rico is quite high. Expect to pay roughly double for the same foods you would anywhere else in the US, in terms of eating out OR the grocery store.

This includes online shopping. UPS and FedEx's rates for delivery to PR are much higher than on the mainland, so almost all sellers that use those carriers won't ship to the island even if the item is small enough for USPS (which does not charge more). Same with Amazon, although there is a chance a third-party Amazon seller will.
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ajolly 1465 days ago
Amazon will ship 95% of the items that you'd get on the mainland.

The exceptions are very large items or sometimes items with batteries.

It's a bit of a pain but you can deal with the freight forwarder for large items, or reshipper for smaller if you really want something that's not available elsewhere. I've had success asking sellers to ship something via USPS even if they don't do it normally.

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