But $20 for shipping and Handling is a little on the high side. I shipped a lighthouse to West Coast about a month ago by UPS for $14.00. When your paying shipping and handling the cost of packing materials and gas to the shipper should be on the seller and not the buyer. When you buy something from a store they only charge for the actual shipping. I agree "hosing" is not the correct wording to use. It's another way to "pad" the selling price in my estimation.

I always figure out what the shipping costs will be before I buy or bid on something and if they are "padding" the costs I will not think about buying/bidding no matter how much I want the item.