I do combine all items together to save you on shipping costs. I combine the weight of your items in one shipment to determine the shipping cost. I don't just add the shipping costs together for each item, but rather all items together as a whole. This usually always means a lower cost for you.

The shipping amount listed in my item descriptions are for that particular item only. Multiple item purchases or more items than what is stated in an items description may cost more to ship. If you are unsure about the actual shipping cost of an item or items, feel free to email me for a quote. I would need to know the items, quantity, and your zipcode.

The way I figure the shipping cost for your order is to take the actual items, place them in an appropriate size shipping carton, and weigh it to within an ounce. This way I can give you very close to the exact cost for me to ship your items to you. I do not charge you any extra for packaging or handling. If there is ever a packaging fee, it will be noted in the item description. Be wary of sellers who have very low prices but then charge you rediculous fees for "packaging and handling."

I am now using Stamps.com to print shipping postage labels online. They give a commercial base pricing discount on packages shipped using their service. Generally it's only 15 to 90 cents less than what I would charge for the actual cost to ship your order. The heavier the package and the farther the shipping distance, the higher the discount. For example, one pound packages charged $4.95 will actually ship at my cost of $4.80. The eBay shipping calculator does not take any of this into account and I am not about to apply it to every single order as I'd be on the computer 24 hours a day trying to keep up with it as orders come in. You can be sure that your shipping cost charged will be very close to the actual cost to ship when I send you the invoice.

• 1: Because your order generally gets to you faster than First Class, Parcel Post, and in some cases even faster than UPS or FedEX Ground.
• 2: I get most of the shipping cartons and supplies free when using Priority Mail service. Since I don't have to pay extra for these items, neither do you. If I used First Class, Parcel Post, or UPS, FedEX, etc., I would have to pass some of the cost of shipping supplies on to my customers which would make it about as expensive as it would be to use Priority Mail in the first place.

Shipping cost for any package weighing over 1 pound is determined by your zipcode location of zones 1 thru 8, the weight of the package, and sometimes the size of the carton with USPS's newest and rediculous shipping rates as of May 2007. You can click here to determine what USPS shipping zone you are in using 446 as the origin zip code prefix.

When I ready your package and print the shipping label, you will automatically be sent an email with the Delivery Confirmation/Tracking number of your package and it's scheduled date to be shipped. You can track it by clicking on the link or entering the number at the US Postal Website by clicking here. The email will be from noreply@stamps.com so you may want to set your email to accept messages from this email address. Otherwise it can sometimes end up in your junkmail folder or be blocked completely. This is especially true of ISP's with strong junkmail filtering (AOL, MSN, Earthlink, etc.). If you send payment thru the mail, it will be emailed to your eBay email address unless you specify a different email address. If you pay with PayPal, it will be sent to your PayPal email address.