I’m sorry, but you’re not “leaving the states and going to Hawai’i.”  Hawai’i IS a state, and unless you were in elementary school before 1959, there’s no excuse for that…and even then, it’s been almost fifty years.  Get up to speed.

I’ll accept your correction “I meant stateside, not “in the states.”  Stateside means the continental U.S.  But then you had to go on with your stupid mouth and assert, “For military, Hawai’i isn’t considered ‘in the states.’  It’s the same for shopping online.”

Are you freakin’ serious?!  First of all: the military doesn’t consider Hawai’i CONUS – CONtinental United States.  Hawai’i is OCONUS – Outside the CONtinental United States.  Yes, it’s “overseas”, because guess what?  Hawai’i is over the sea.  But Hawai’i IS STILL A STATE!!!!  Geez, it pisses me off so much when people say dumb shit like that.  So, since you’re leaving the states and PCS’ing to Hawai’i, I assume your family’s passports are in order??  And don’t forget to exchange your money for Hawaiian money when you get there.  Oh, and make sure you know where the U.S. Embassy is, just in case you run into trouble and the Hawaiian government doesn’t help you!  Actually, maybe you should just stay on base instead of running around a “foreign country” with a complete lack of common sense.

As for shopping online.  Wow, I didn’t realize that Amazon didn’t accept my First Hawaiian Bank debit card.  I thought the buttload of extra charges were for shipping, not for converting my Hawaiian money to U.S. dollars.

Does Alaska have this much trouble?