Originally Posted by
jaydisc
A US seller can charge as little as they want for postage. If a seller wants to be protected by PayPal Seller protection, their absolute minimum cost is $28.95. That assumes the item, packed in its box, weighs less than half a pound. Once the packed item reaches about 1kg (typical size of a deluxe figure in as small as possible a box), the cost rises to $45. Sellers are also entitled to charge for the cost of box and other packing materials.
Based on those facts, I still believe that $5-8 is a completely unrealistic expectation.