Homer J Simpson wrote:
"Jeff Volp" wrote in message
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1 pound of stuff packaged will cost $6.05 to ship to most of the US from
Florida.

Even using a free Priority Mail box, other costs can easily total a buck.


No question, but someone selling a stylus for a penny with $19.99 S&H is not
getting my money.

Yes. I'll do without before paying someone to cheat Ebay out of their
cut, and insult me with a ridiculous shipping charge. (I have seen a
box of stuff for sale for a $1, with $1999 shipping.)

I have told many sellers that efficient shipping puts me in the mood
to bid high. It may be more emotional than rational, but it is also a
fact.

My favorite shipping story is a load of large ferrite toroids, shipped
in a $4.05 flat rate envelope. The shipper said there was not room
for sufficient padding to prevent breakage in that container. I told
him that the only threat to the cores was one banging into another.
If taped together into into a solid cylinder, they might break
something else but they would be no threat to each other. I accepted
responsibility for any breakage if he agreed to ship this way.

I have since received 3 sets of these cores this way, without a chip,
though the envelopes look pretty ratty by the time they arrive with
their 3.5" diameter by 8 " long 5 pound cylindrical charges. I have
saved enough shipping on these 3 sets to pay for a fourth. :-)

I am looking for a 68 pound lead brick to ship to somewhere in the
$8.10 flat rate (up to 70 pounds) box. It might even be fun to shape
a 1 inch thick slab of lead into an 8 by 10 inch rectangle, to ship in
the flat rate envelope.