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Originally Posted by bobbyw8469
The other side of the coin is, I combined shipping for a buyer. 7 huge, graded mutoscope cards and some other cards. Combine shipping was $8.50. He screamed and moaned. Said it should be $5. I explained to him that I was probably losing money on shipping the items to him, even at the $8.50 (and I did). His items easily weight over a pound, which is the cutoff for getting items into the cheaper "First Class" category. To be honest with you, I always cringe when people win multiple items from me, as shipping is always going to be a sticking point. They don't seem to understand how combined shipping even works.
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Most people haven’t kept up with current shipping rates. Whenever the price of a stamp goes up a penny, shipping rates change across the board by a lot. When I started, a card in a bubble mailer was 49 cents. Now it’s almost $3. All items over a pound are $7 and up. And now eBay is taking a percent of the shipping money. Most of us teeter on the edge of making or losing money on shipping. At $3.50 for a single card - with all costs involved - it’s close. Always better to buy multiple items from the same seller. The most expensive item to shop is the first one.