iluvatar5150
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Et al. This piece of leather (arrow rest material) cost $2.99, shipping was $6.95, sent in a box larger than a Kleenex box. It could have been mailed first class in an envelope for 43 cents.
First Class mail offers no tracking, delivery verification, or guaranteed delivery time. I also believe it's more difficult to incorporate into a computerized shipping system and some platforms like ebay/paypal don't let you do letters online, while usps.com doesn't let you do any kind of first class mail online. Essentially, First Class mail goes into a giant basket and gets there when it gets there.
$6.95 gets you tracking, insurance, and a guaranteed delivery window and online purchasing & printing. I sell on ebay pretty regularly and refuse to use anything lower than priority mail precisely for those reasons.
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