Sort of a Rant: astronomical shipping costs killing my ebay options

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Acer wrote:
The stuff I sell is mostly under 16 oz or fits in a flat-rate small priority box. That's not too bad. But yeah, wow, get up into a pound or three that won't fit in a flat rate box and it skyrockets.

I had one auction for a camera I knew was going to sell in the $50-$60 range. I had the box and the manuals. I went to ship it, and discovered I had grossly underestimated the shipping cost when i listed it, like it was going to cost me ~$25 to ship, and the buyer had not paid nearly that much. I canceled the sale. I relisted with a bare camera and got almost the same bid. Shipped it for <$8, buyer paid. Can't cancel as a seller often because ebay will ding you, but in this case I had to do it.

90% of what my wife ships is under 16oz. and anything 16.0oz. and under goes First Class. The delivery time is nearly the same as Priority nowadays. She gets a good discount on shipping by printing them out through eBay.