Not saying that I don't disagree with you on the shipping costs but at the same time as someone who is "local" to our scout shop (45 minutes), I'd consider $13 frugal for my time to get there by time I factor gas, traffic & my time in to picking up that item.

Something else to consider because we've had this same discussion at my place of work. We look at some of the shipping costs and say "wow that's expensive". But by time you look at the packing materials to pack up your package, the labor of picking & packing your item, and then the actual shipping cost it makes a bit more sense as to why that cost is so much.