[Phono-L] Shipping charges -- a new pricing scheme

[Merle Sprinzen]

In the past few months I've noticed that sellers on eBay have been
charging inflated shipping charges -- often $10-$15 more than the actual
shipping charges, when the real shipping charges are only a few dollars. 
At first I thought these were just handling charges to pay people for
their materials and trouble, but now I realize that this is a way for
sellers to get more for their item without having to pay the percentage
to eBay the seller would have to pay if this was part of the bid.  Anyone
else experiencing this?  It's getting me annoyed...