No reason to apologize, its part of it. When you only see your perspective 9.00 is a lot but on my end there's a lot more involved. Currently the cost of a USPS small flat is over 8.00 due to the holiday price increase so I probably made .80 cents off of your shipping charges before accounting for cc processing fees, additional packaging, or anything else. Had you ordered more and I had to go up to Reg A or MED Flat you would still pay 9.00 and it would actually cost me 10.00 to 14.00 to ship your order. Most days you run in the negative on shipping and you hope the product margins make up for it. I could charge by weight but I don't have time for that and in the end the shipping fees would average out to be more.
Usually I do free shipping for anything over 150.00 but that is currently not active due to the site wide 10% off sale.
I blame most of this on the era of Amazon. When larger corporations are willing to take huge start up losses to get their name out there its bad news for the smaller guys. The majority of Americans (myself included) now EXPECT two day deliveries and free shipping on every item. A lot of us just can't meet those expectations.
It wasn’t deal breaker expensive, I ordered, and I understand the flat rate shipping. I guess I’m just cheaper than most and think $9 is a lot to ship springs. I appreciate the effort to get these to market and fair prices on your website. I was being trivial about the shipping and apologize for bringing it up. You’re an asset to this site and our community, thank you!
