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Posted By: William Cohon

Here's a card that caught my eye: http://cgi.ebay.com/1911-T212-Obak-Ten-Million-Very-Nice_W0QQitemZ260297358508QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item 260297358508&_trkparms=72%3A1240%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C 240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I have a few Obaks, and I like the guy's name, so I thought I might try to win this auction. Then I noticed that the shipping was $18.00, and that doesn't include insurance. So I wrote to the seller, simply asking why the shipping is $18.00. Here's his response, in full: high reserve.

In other words, "shipping" is his name for a simple surcharge to which he feels he is entitled because he just is. No relation to shipping cost.

It puts me off. Am I making too much of it? What do you gents think?