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Problem is shipping isn't an exact science when you're dealing with one-off items.

Some places just say $xx per 100 shipped. When you ship a 500 ball or card, they end up charging more than their shipping costs. When you're shipping a trophy or something that really needs some unique attention, they take a bath, so it all balances out. And no one is really going to itemize shipping anyhow--

$1.08 for the box
8oz of foam peanuts @.05/oz
$.05 per sheet of packing paper
2 feet of packing tape
the packer's hourly rate divided by the amount of time it took to box it up
etc.

What about the rent per square foot of where the boxes are stored? What kind of shelves are the boxes stored on--I wouldn't have incurred that expense if I didn't need to ship.

Storing all those boxes require me to heat/cool the area, so now the electric bill becomes part of it . . .

It'd get silly pretty quick.