charged 5 times shipping, ask for rebate bluntly, or ding a star?

[Stormness_1]

I'm another who will sometimes just round up for shipping to the dollar to include packaging, unless I had to 'specially' package the item, in the case of something particularly large or fragile. I'd do as PL says, and play it confused - see what happens if you ask for a partial. I doubt it was done by accident, I mean the shipping price would have been quoted and paid well before any 'problem with the label' cropped up. See what they say, and leave appropriate feedback.

[svleonard]

PS - Personally I think rolling extra fees into the postage for "gas and packing material" is underhanded and it really irritates me when I see sellers use this as an excuse for overcharging. 

I actually do not see the harm in adding a little onto the postage cost for supplies. It's called "shipping and handling" and almost all retailers do it. As long as it's not exorbitant it's fine. When I sell on etsy I round my shipping prices up because I buy shipping supplies in large quantities specifically for that purpose, so it legitimately is part of the cost of me shipping an item.

I agree with NoDivision.  I usually round my shipping charges up a bit to cover the cost of materials.  Bubble wrap is expensive, and so are bubble mailers.  Plus, there's packing tape, printer ink, gas, time spent waiting in line at the post office, etc.

When I sell on ebay, I always charge a flat rate.  Sometimes shipping ends up being a bit more than it costs me, and sometimes it ends up being a bit less.  It sort of rounds itself out.  Overcharging by a large amount is not right, of course. 

I would recommend asking for clarification from your seller, because I really don't believe it cost only $1.25 to ship two baby ponies.  The absolute cheapest that first class can be is $2.07 (and that's for a one ounce package), so it sounds like the $1.25 was an extra amount she had to pay for some reason.