Must be the crew costs on tall shipsGee... go figure. I thought that was just someone's old chewing gum . . .
James
PS -- not to pick nits, but just to clarify the situation - I have noticed, especially on eBay, outbound shipping form Australia to elsewhere is also super expensive. It appears very expensive shipping in any direction, which just put a serious crimp on Aussie international trade. Ouch. But not as bad as long distance charges from British Telecom in the 1990s - I still feel the pain of that expense. J