My first class parcel just cost double what the USPS site said. As PP said, I'm sure PayPal is just using the USPS site, but on one side or another, maybe some programmer has **bleep**ed up, and the the transfer isn't correct. Maybe some horrible rounding error, like "and add one pound." The folks at my local post office don't care. They're too busy dealing with, and I quote, "our real customers." They sneer at eBay/PayPal packages. How long would it take PayPal to chase down this problem, or just confirm it? Try a few packages, gee, that's a few minutes. Meh. Doesn't matter, because they won't.
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