I think they were giving away chunks of Stonehenge, judging by the cost....;]
[I should write them and ask if I’m being charged for ballast]...LOL
We ship trike kits all over the world and have a FedEx biz account.
Sure, it’s gotten a bit higher since the gas price debacle but it’s *nothing* like we get charged for eBay purchases, sometimes.
I do bas-relief sculptures mounted on marble and copper slate tiles for personal mad money and hubby just informed me that my paltry fee of $3 S/H isn’t even close to the real costs.
I’m going to have to up it to $5 *just* to break even and I feel awful about that.
The tiles are stone and *are* fairly heavy.
[heck, I don’t even take into account the bubble envelopes and interior wrapping]
If I were smart and evil, I would sell the tiles for $10 and charge $20 shipping...;-D
With the technology we have today, it shouldn’t be hard to charge a customer the exact amount it costs the shipper to mail. After all, the customer can often see the postage-charge right there on the box when it arrives!
“Handling” can be considered a legitimate issue for a business that has to place a value on its employees’ time, but for a private seller ... phoop, you were going right past the P.O. on the way to the library anyway.