Because there's obviously a kick-back received by Ebay from
Pitney-Bowes. After all, they stand to send a lot more business their
way. The charges for re-packaging and re-labelling items are ludicrous.
If the seller sends directly to you, this isn't ...
Sadly my story is the same, paid a ridiculous amount to ship some
bakelite poker chips (light and small) it was about $30 postage. My
seller promptly sent them to the shipping centre, I tracked the package
all the way until it showed up "delivered" a...