I ship often through my husbands company (I work pt for his company) as well as through my b&b biz to customers. I have to say this, through his ups account, ONLY if you are shipping to a commercial address, is the shipping cheap. If it gets shipped to a residential, shipping is almost doubled. And his company gets a 20% discount to commercial addresses only, not residential. With my ups account, I ship about 20 packages a day, but the prices are crazy at times. I don't think we can have it both ways, either the supplies be cheap and shipping high or shipping low and supplies high. It's not fair to make the supplier eat up the extra charges bc we're being cheap. You just can't have it both ways. With gas prices going up as they are, shipping is bound to be high regardless. But if I'm going to pay $10.00 for a $50.00 order and I am across the U.S. from them, I don't complain. That's just what it is. That or I look for a supplier closer. I have learned over the years taht I research all of my outlets. If it's expensive, I really don't need it that bad. You can't just plug info into fedex or ups and think that is what they are paying. That's just a guesstimate. I know for our shipping account, we are billed monthly and there are times when the charges are higher than what was quoted when it was shipped. On the other hand, there are suppliers out there that charge ridiculous amounts and I have no pity for them. I know they are marking their shipping way up for no reason and they have some high prices too. They do not get my business.