Apologies if this is obvious or and oft asked question, or just me whining about getting burned... I've been a mostly buyer but occasional seller for 20 years, would consider myself fairly experienced and reasonable. I routinely purchase envelopes, post cards ephemera items etc mostly small, and often multiple lots largely from a handful of excellent repeat sellers. I personally have never combined shipping in my small selling "career," not sure procedurally how its done, and reading posts. Recently won 11 separate auctions from a seller and it appears ebay is calculating the summation of all shipping fees - which is $45 for barely $30 of paper - lol 8 of these items are single pieces of paper or envelopes @ $1 a piece purchase price... ie. there's no meaningful weight indivdiually or in total. I'm sure the actual postage is not more than $10 and even a generous $10 of handling and we are at less than 50% of what shows on invoice. I've clicked request combined shipping yesterday and today and haven't heard anything from seller at all. What are the steps and options here? I want the stuff and I guess will pay that $45 shipping if i have to...but will not be pleased and unlike a few other posts i've read on the topic here there isn't a planet in which its justified here ie. differently sized items, media combined with other, etc. I get it, combining shipping isn't dollar for dollar savings, but this is a bit next level and I wouldn't have purchased all of these items if I knew it would be .99 cents with $4 shipping X 5....
Appreciate the insight...
