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I buy and sell a fair amount of stuff, especially photo gear. I try not to overcharge for shipping but as I went through the learning curve I would sometimes shortchange myself on the shipping. Estimating shipping can be hard sometimes if you haven't weighed the item or planned on how you will pack it. I try to do all this before I list the item now and come up with a reliable cost estimate, then I add about 15% to cover my time and materials. I try not to buy too many supplies but occasionally I go out and make a dumpster run at the local strip mall. I drive around back and check the dumpsters for boxes, bubble wrap and peanuts. I get a lot of boxes from Fed Ex, the USPS and Airborne for free. But there is sometimes quite a bit of time in packaging items and getting them out to the shippers
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