On Feb 2, 2014, at 3:57 PM, Mike van Bokhoven <mike at fenz.net> wrote:
Presumably, these sellers are using inflated postage
to add a bit of margin. Otherwise, why not combine shipping?
That?s a very old trick among low grade mail order outfits. Real businesses don?t run
that way; as you said, they will combine shipping as normal practice whenever multiple
things ship from the same place. The only conceivable reason for objecting to combined
shipping is that you?re using ?shipping and handling? as a profit source.
paul