I agree, the shipping costs from most of these sellers is outrageous. It discourages me from buying anything on ebay recently. You're telling me it costs $20.00 to ship a set of plug wires from PA to NY? Thats B.S. I know it only costs around $7.00 by UPS, even less by postal service...come on sellers, be honest and stop trying to turn more profit on the shipping than the actual item.
Besides that, it seems like ebay has lost its charm. There was a time I could type in "HEI distributor" and get a nice list of folks selling used and like new distributors....but now all you get is listing after listing of "online stores" selling imported junk from china and the guy is charging $40 for shipping. It seems like the guys cleaning out their garages and listing on ebay have been pushed aside by too many people making businesses on ebay.
Now that im done venting, I'll go to bed