It's a similar situation in Canada too. I do a lot of eBay selling, and anything from Canada to the USA costs no less than $18-$20 to ship with any kind of tracking, and it goes up from there. Overseas is even more. My listings have high shipping charges, and I am sure I lose some buyers because of it.
I can ship small items in bubble wrap for less than $8.00 using the post, without tracking, but they (almost) *always* get lost. I've had more items go missing that way, and I usually refund the buyer, because I don't want unhappy buyers, so it's my loss.
Although I would love to buy these LCD's from Dave, I totally understand the shipping situation.
--Cheers!