Ebay shipping options and requirements.

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Just some info for anyone interested. We have been talking about a small missile that would fit in a standard envelope.

From the USPS site:
Express Mail International® Flat Rate Envelope - $26.95 for Canada and Mexico, $28.95 for all other countries

One price regardless of weight
Size: 12-1/2" x 9-1/2"

Or if you look by weight for pacakges:
Weight Not Over (lbs) 0.5: $28.95 to Australia.
Individual dimensions may not exceed 36 inches in length, 79 inches in length plus girth combined

So $44 is still more then what the actual postage is.
Quite frankly though they should use USPS Priority, I'm certain it is an acceptable form of transport in Paypals eyes as it has tracking.
There's no difference between Priority and Express apart from the time it takes to arrive and that Priority has free basic insurance.

http://www.usps.com/prices/express-m...nal-prices.htm

I have dealt with good and experienced US sellers who should be more than aware of Paypal fees who don't charge no where near that for a small missile. The times that I have trusted a seller with such inflated shipping costs almost always ends up in sloppy 'recycled' packaging and only $12-$15 in actual postage costs with the rest in the seller's pocket.

For me this was the drop that spilled the glass as its not an isolated incident. It doesn't mean that its all sellers from that region that are like that but there is a bunch of them who do seem to hold the attitude that I was referring to before.

So excuse me if I am skeptical of the honesty from US sellers who charges $25-$45 for a small missile in S/H costs to international buyers.