re: USPS in disarray

"I know of a number of hobby shops that essentially use shipping as a profit center."


eBay got on to that right quick. People were selling things cheaply and charging exorbitant shipping rates to circumvent full commissions to ebay, as eBay charged commissions on sale price of the item, not including shipping. They capped what sellers could charge for shipping to thwart this practice. . Since I sell mostly books, I can only speak to that, and seems like it was $4.00 max you could charge in Books category . I think it went up to 5 after a few postal increases, not sure what it is now, or if the cap was even done away with. My charges are usually flat $5 (and I am eating another buck or two in materials like bookfolds) but if it is a larger book I charge $6 and that goes through. So cap is raised or no longer in place.