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Why is the shipping cost more than Media Mail postage?

April 26, 2017COST mail media postage shipping

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Why is the shipping cost more than Media Mail postage?

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A – It’s not much more! The charges is actually for “shipping AND HANDLING”. “Handling” = the cost of preparing the book for shipping (a human being locating the book in the warehouse, Wrapping the book, etc). Yeah, we always wondered what that meant, too. Now we know!