Shipping prices are higher than ever at the moment. To ship the smallest box, weighing under a pound, via FedEx ground across country is $16.00. This makes it very hard to sell a two dollar item on Ebay and ask for $16.00 shipping. To ship this airplane would require and oversized box making it very expensive.
I was going to ship a quarter scale plane to Texas from Iowa and a mailing company quoted me $500.00 to box and ship ! I didn't ship it of course, the guy came and picked it up
Fuel prices are a big problem for shippers, FedEx and UPS warn there may be a fuel surcharge added to the shipping cost. One box I sent to New York got there later than it should have because the shipper ran out of gas !