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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2351766, member: 57495&quot;]You&#039;ll probably be able to do better math when you actually receive your package and see what they paid for postage.&nbsp; It is likely to not be $5.</p><p><br /></p><p>The postage stamp on my latest lot of 5 denarii cost them GBP 8.90 based on a package weight of 54 grams.&nbsp; Last August, they also charged me GBP 25 shipping fee for 170 coins that was closer to 500 grams.&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall the postage fee on that package, but I&#039;m pretty sure they didn&#039;t make any money on that one.&nbsp; I&#039;m still not convinced any of this is greed-driven.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, it does not surprise me when sellers fix their shipping fees so as to not actually lose money on posting out coins.&nbsp; I did in fact ask a US seller once why I paid $20+ on shipping when it cost them more like $13 to send it to me.&nbsp; The answer was something along the lines of... we can&#039;t be sure until we get to the post office how much it&#039;s actually going to cost us... we make on some, we lose on more.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t particularly like the idea of subsidizing the cost for other customers, but realize that if I pose this question to all my sellers and buy only from those whose answers satisfy me, I&#039;d probably have very few people I can actually buy any coins from.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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