shipping costs on ebay purchases are notoriously high simply because ebay doesn't charge a commission on them..... yet.

sending flies down to the US costs me an average of 4-5$, when the same size package gets sent back up here it is usually about 1.50 tops. Go figure. (and UPS is suing the Canadian postal service on the grounds that it is "subsidized"... yeah right, maybe by the public sending the mail