I know eBay has “eBay envelope” for like certain collectibles but that’s limited by category (that service also has never worked for me), so perhaps this seller just has a custom shipping rule that is that low? But they would lose money on a sale like this. I suppose the hope could be that people buy multiple items at once if they have plenty of (in this case) retro games

Edited - added screen shot of low end rate costs for ground advantage and media mail

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      Yeah my sister sent me a thin spring jacket across country, in one of those envelopes before. Cost her $2. But as soon as you exceed what they determine is a letter slots thickness, it jumps to $20+ bcause now they can’t drop it through a mail slot and needs an actual delivery