I'm glad to see that I am not the only one who sees through this shipping scam. Actually this is how they make their money (backorders, multiple boxes, etc). To add insult to injury they do not state their shipping practices and therefore, after each order there is no indication of what shipping charges you may expect.
I worked for a company who sold parts for radio's and their policy was to place an order, calculate shipping charges at the time of order and advice customer of the "total" charges he would be billed. Consequently, if we did not have some parts in stock we shipped the backorder at our expense. Also, we tried to utilize the smallest package (sometimes using small padded envelopes) that would accommodate the part being shipped.
Maybe a class action law suit is in order. I would venture to guess that all companies doing business with the consumer, by law, must indicate "total" charges per order. Now that I think about it I do not believe they even discuss shipping charges.
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