Dude, ask bike questions. Not shipping questions. At the end of the day, even if you're looking to save $30-40 on $1000, that's still only 3%. That's a third of my local sales tax. (THAT'S what I meant by "choose your battles").

What you don't know is that you probably could have saved a lot more than that with scrod on your side. Just a couple days ago he offered a member here a soma frame at cost to replace his trashed frame. I'm not saying he would have hooked you up with a frame at cost, but I'm certainly saying that your tactic of coming out of the gate, swinging, fighting for that 3% sure as sh*t shot yourself in the foot for any future dealings and good faith.

Johnson business school answer: I don't even know scrod, and I've never ordered a thing from the guy, but I don't think you're fully considering how competitive it is to be selling anything retail online. The margin you need to operate with online is so slim that any deviation is a big deal. You say that you want to ship your way to save some cash and get some kickback from UPS? Ever consider that maybe that's part of what's keeping him afloat?