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Posted By: Brian

I am not gripping about the shipping charge and I'm not asking for it to be reduced, unless of course I hear other people getting their shipping charge reduce. Here is my experience, my lot closed at $1972 (with the buyer's premium), then $28 was added as shipping bringing a nice rounded total to $2000. I'm not the smartest man in the world, but I think it's more likely that $28 for shipping was a nice figure to round the total to a convenient $2000 rather than a fancy mathematical formula that coincidentally rounded the total to an even amount.

I'm not complaining because I have an APO address that restricts the shipping to USPS and won't allow for UPS or Fedex. There are numerous internet companies that will gouge me for an APO address. For example, I wanted to purchase an IPOD recently, price was $180 plus an additional $8.95 for shipping, but since I was an APO address the shipping was $30. I shopped around some more and found a company that would ship to me for free.

For those who are asking what an APO address is, it stands for Army Post Office. Nearly the same as a P.O. Box, the only difference being the shipper must fill out a custom's form and can't use delivery confirmation (they can use return receipt). Shipping is calculated the same as shipping to New York City. Many business charge extra because "someone" has to stand in line at the post office to mail the package. But when someone wants to charge $30 to do so, I will take my business else where out of principle.

After five years overseas, I am so happy to finally be coming home soon. I feel truly blessed that the post office has not damaged or lost a single package of several hundred during that time frame. I also thank that large percentage of Ebay sellers and some select merchants for shipping to APO addresses at no added cost.

It sounds like the shipping cost I incurred from REA was similar if not lower than other customers. Add my APO situation and excellent customer service from REA, I am happy.

Brian