Dont take the comments the wrong way. You asked people's opinions, they gave them. Noone was trying to insult you or was rude about it. As for the shipping, eBay has a mechanism by which you can contact them if you think you are being overcharged on shipping. I don't know how it works but check it out. As for the amount of your past orders, this IS eBay. Maybe if you were dealing directly with the vendor, he would recognize the repeat customer and do something about shipping but the truth is he still has to pay the costs of the shipping, packaging, insurance and time taken to do it so most S&H factor that all in and bump up the shipping estimate automatically without itemizing this all in. I dont know if its a fair cost or not and you could try to work something out with him but it would be wrong to give him a negative feedback if he doesnt compromise as the costs were disclosed before you placed a bid.