It has to ship in a large size bubble mailer. Actually $3 doesn't cover it but I don't like charging more. Just so you know, I don't refund credits because the winner can't or won't pay shipping. Hope someone else bids I guess. If you win and the shipping is a problem, maybe we can work something out. The thing is that you're the 4th person in the last week to win an item they didn't want to pay the shipping and I'm getting a little tired of it. You need to read the entire auction when bidding. You can also filter out auctions with shipping by checking the FREE SHIPPING box on the browse/search menu.