As those of you in the USA may be aware, US Postal Service postage rates recently changed (at the beginning of May). Unfortunately the rates for lighter First Class packages rose dramatically, and most of our CD orders fall into this category. Domestic postage on a single-CD order rose from $1.35 to $1.81, an increase of 34%.

In case you were wondering: Lotuspike shipping rates in the web shop are calculated to be our exact shipping cost plus 65 cents. The 65 cents covers the cost of the mailer boxes that we use to ship discs; it does not include any handling fee (my time to pack the boxes and ship them out is free!). (So the total shipping charge for a domestic single-CD order is $1.81 + $0.65, or $2.46.)