Recently I sent a priority box to my aunt in Virginia, Box weight almost 5lbs.The cost on my own was almost $19. I know most don't buy that much from 1 seller but with priority shipping, you gain many things/ insurance, tracking, sent and received notices, and faster shipping. This is the only way to keep track of items being sent and received, if sent with cheap shipping how would anyone know if the item/items they bought were really shipped and how would they know if ever received by buyer, not doing the priority is rather scary to me with so many scams/scammers out there. I would rather pay the extra. 54 cents they raised the fee to, and have a bit more piece of mind, rather than a seller claiming they sent out items, without having any way to prove they did. Or having a buyer say well if it was sent I never received it. Even if they really did.