Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Hello World,

With the pre-order for the new limited edition The Frigates of EVE Online: The Cross Sections now out I was considering pre-ordering one of them. Fortunately for the USA it is only $80. It is a large amount for myself but I know it is going to the profit of CCP and their excellent hard work. I understand Dark Horse Books gets their chunk of it as well. With this in mind I was happily filling out the forms to purchase a copy. I stopped dead in my tracks when it came to selecting shipping methods. There are only two shipping methods for a USA Pre-Order of the limited edition book; Priority 2 Day shipping for $20 or Priority Express 1 Day shipping for $50. This brings the book's price up to $100 for the minimum shipping available. I am unsure if this is because of being limited edition, being shipped from the Jita direct, or what. I am unable to check if any other merchandise is only available in these two methods. I just find it strange that I cannot pay $10 or so for basic shipping that would take a week or so. It is not like I am ordering a completely fitted battleship through the postal service. It is only a book in a fancy box with a couple of extra stuff. (Still worth the original price) I would happily pre-order one of these limited edition books for $80 if the shipping wasn't a quarter of the original price.

I would like to suggest adding standard shipping on items, so mere ore miners like myself can have something nice and shiny once in a while.

Keep up the great work CCP and I am looking forward to more cross section books if you ever publish more!