>  ...has a really good price but then has something called a 
> "shipping and handling charge"  that is out of all proportion
> to what it should be,...

This is common on eBay. Many (mainly Asian) LED sellers
sells a bag of LED's for e.g. $1 and charges $10 in shipping.

The thing is that you don't pay eBay any fees for the shipping...

Jan-Erik.



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