Yes, shipping can be a real problem. I'm always okay paying for actual shipping, but some of these places use shipping to increase their profit margins. I know www.1stToyotaParts.com has done this to the extreme and is the primary reason I don't use them anymore. As much as I like RockAuto.com's "close-out sales" They pull the same thing there. With RockAuto you have to really watch it. Every time you add something to the cart the shipping changes.........sometimes drastically. I've watched shipping increase by $10 just by adding $.50 o-ring. I can't tell you how many times I've dropped big parts of my order due to that ridiculous shipping calculator. Tim