Here are actual Postage Rates from the USPS site:
$0.01 to $50 = $1.95
50.01 to 100 = 2.45
100.01 to 200 = 3.05
200.01 to 300 = 5.10
300.01 to 400 = 6.25
400.01 to 500 = 6.40
500.01 to 600 = 8.55
600.01 to 5,000 = $8.55 plus $1.15 per $100 or fraction thereof over $600 in declared value
(maximum liability is $5000)
You can see for yourself that they are charging you an accurate and fair rate, They use our shipping calculator that goes to the service that they use (UPS, USPS etc...) and gets real time prices for shipping. Based on this table (which is pretty standard for all services, you would pay $92 for an $8000 item.
Did you look at the web site and see for yourself what the rates would be or did you just get upset at having to pay that amount?
DISCLAIMER: I run Legendary's software and provide the SW for many of the auction companies
Bob Freedman
www.simpleauctionsite.com