In my opinion, the issue of the high shipping and handling fees had more to do with the amount charged compaired to the actual amount of postage. For example if you ship 2 chips in an envelope, first class, and your charge $2.50 or $3 for postage you are ripping off your customers. Reason being is that even with the cost of packing materials, flips, ziplock bags, I have received chips in old scratched airtites a couple times, etc, and the cost of the envelope, it is a strech to have .45 postage and get it up to $2.50 legitimately. If you are going to send express or priority mail or add insurance, that should be disclosed in the auction discription. Also, if I am paying for $3 s/h I would expect that my package will arrive with such services.

This raises a point that is more relevant to this thread. How many sellers out there, not just chips but anything, require Insurance and when you get your package you find that it wasn't insured at all. I have heard some mention before and would imagine it happens frequently, that some sellers whill charge and demand services that they don't provide.

That is where most of the complaints about high s/h fees come in. When payments are being solicited that either exceed the actual costs or are for services that the shipper doesn't provide.