Ebay is horrible with their shipping charges. I purchased a lamp, and paid $19.00 for the lamp, and another $22.98 for shipping. When the lamp reached my cities post office there was another charge of $26.88 before I can pick up the lamp. Their calculator is not right, so it gives you the wrong amount to charge, and therefore when the people are expecting their purchase the post office will hit you with another charge. It doesn't show you zip code to zip code shipping charges and if it does it is giving you the wrong amount. If it cost $50.00 to ship a lamp that weighs no more than 5 lbs, then you better not use the post office. There has to be a cheaper method of shipping. You can buy purses off poshmark and the only shipping charge I paid was $6.99, I even had a purse shipped from Hawaii. You can also buy off Offer Up, and the shipping is not near as high as EBAY. I guess people need to stop using EBAY!