I've had bizarre dealings with Rock Auto as well.

john

On 2/20/2013 6:01 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> Last week, someone mentioned that Rock Auto had a good price on diesel
> muffler mounts. They did. Shipping for one was a couple of bucks. Shipping
> for two was $12.00. I ordered one, and wrote it off as an anomaly.
>
> Tonight I was going to order some exhaust, intake and muffler pipe gaskets.
> I found the muffler pipe gasket for $2.51. I entered my zip to calculate
> the price. Economy shipping was $17.98!!! I called them, figuring they
> would be glad to know of the mistake, because the gasket could be shipped
> for the cost of a single stamp.
>
> It wasn't a mistake. It was the shipping price.
>
> Jim
>