USPS flat rate shipping has gone up about 30% in the last four years, used to be $7.35 now it's more than $10 for an envelope.
Strangely enough, medium size flat rate isn't too bad in comparison. I noticed McMaster raised all their shipping costs for very small items in the last couple of years too. A single washer will cost you about $11.
Not sure how possible it is from the business end ... but, you know how there is an asterisk for large items that cost extra shipping? Might be able to use a similar system to do in-house identification of tiny items that can ship in a first class envelope and have them diverted from the normal shipping dept flow. Maybe even a note that tracking would not be available at the reduced price.
But ... on these items have an absolutely tiny margin, it would basically be a write-off as the time invested in stocking and shipping an item for a $1 profit gets problematic.
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