how about giving us your name? One of the reasons for the huge numbers of "chips" for sale is because of the hundreds (thousands? I haven't counted) of offers for generic chip sets. I find that in my categories: illegals, crests & seals, Ivories, California, South Dakota and Nevada that there has been little if any increase in offers. However, the "cost" of shipping has indeed gone up and for the most part it is a fraud against eBay--getting top dollars without paying eBay's fees. So far as I am concerned the buyer is always free not to bid on a chip where the seller is asking an extravagent charge for shipping. I believe others have complained to eBay but do not know if the auction service has done anything about it.