Originally Posted by bearisgray
If they use flat rate priority mail envelopes for everything and the tax rate is 7-8 percent, that may be fairly close to the actual cost.
If it's just mailed in a manila envelope at first class mail cost, it seems high to me, too.
Unless they have a physical location in your state, they shouldn't be charging you sales tax. I believe A 2-3 day USPS priority mail envelope is only $4.95 and first class mail on a pattern shouldn't run more than a couple bucks. They probably base their shipping based on price rather than actual cost or maybe they are shipping UPS/FedEx/DHL???