I will ship items after receipt of payment. I will use either USPS or UPS and will insure the item for it's valued amount. Charitable Art is not trying to make money off of shipments, but it is hard to come up with a " one size fits all" shipping formula, therefore, if the amount you are being charged for shipping(including the insurance) and the actual shipping amount varies by more than $2.00, I will refund the amount over $2.00.