Quote Originally Posted by STL View Post
I can confirm too that I'm always upgraded to EMS whenever I place an order at registered Air.

And I concur with the assessment that the online companies must build in protection for themselves. I would too as its not always accurate. I particularly like RK's method as opposed to HLJ b/c I know exactly what I will be paying upfront instead of waiting a day or two to figure out what my basket from HLJ cost - which is an utter pain.
+1, you don't need to choose EMS shipping as no matter what, as long as your orders go over US$100, your shipping is automatically upgraded. That's what seems to happen when for my orders when I order from them.

Being an ebay seller before I have under-charged on packing and shipping so many times that now I just make sure I price it a few dollar's extra just to cover my cost and also my time for the packing.

From the amount of items you ordered, (13 items)I think in total? I think $50 packaging and handling fee doesn't seem too much of an unreasonable amount (including a bit of extra profit they made). For that amount of items you had, BBTS would have probably charged double, like USD$300+ or so.

Not siding with RK or whatsoever, but for that amount of items you had, that seems like the average price everyone is charged as well. And they will reply, they always do (takes a few days sometimes). Otherwise you can always send an email to the boss straight. That's what I always do.