[Elecraft] This really bugs me

[Doug Person]

Excuse the bandwidth and feel free to just hit delete if you don't want 
to listen to me complain about your favorite company.

I ordered an AF1 active filter mini-module from Elecraft.  Just 
something fun to build and play with.  The price is $59.95.  OK, fine.  
However, they won't ship it First Class even though their website say 
First Class is fine for things up to 14oz.  I'm sure the AF1 weighs less 
than 3 ounces.  First Class shipping for this little package would 
probably be about $2.00 or less.  The next shipping method available is 
Priority Mail.  And this is what bugs me - they want $11.98 to ship a 
3oz package.  Even though we've all seen the Flat Rate shipping ads on 
TV a million times and I could ship 10 pounds for $5.20 all day.  The 
order details also claims the shipping weight is 2 pounds.  Really?  I 
have an official Priority Mail shipping box stuffed with a comparable 
small kit (WM-1 which is actually much heavier)  and as much bubble wrap 
as will fit on my official USPS digital scale and it reads way less than 
the 14oz First Class limit (like 8oz).  So the bottom line is I'm being 
asked to pay $10 more for shipping then is necessary and more than twice 
the going rate for the actual shipping method they claim they're going 
to use.  Am I just being a cry-baby?  Or perhaps being retired and 
living on a fixed income drives me to care very much about (and really 
resent) a hidden $10 charge from a highly respected and trusted 
company.  I guess I'll just live without the AF-1 or any of the other 
small kits I'd like to buy.

Doug -- K0DXV