"The pricing will mostly be a related to the cost of packing and marketing," he said.

The cost of packing and moving those tons of tomes was daunting.

Since costs of packing and transport would not change, consumers might pay an extra 1p-2p an egg.

You expect to spend more for mail-order products because of the cost of packing and shipping.

The library paid the family a fee reported to be around $350,000, to cover the costs of packing, inventory and appraisal.

Despite the ardor and the cost of packing trees, Mr. Gimlin says it is worth it.

Considering the cost of packing in flour and coffee from Fort Vancouver, it was a wonder they didn't cost their weight in gold.

Concerning brood size, the most economic use of maternal resources is achieved by packing as many seeds as possible in one fruit, i.e., minimizing the cost of packing per seed.

While those stores may not beat the prices a savvy bargainer can obtain in a local market, when you factor in the cost of packing and the aggravation of carrying purchases home, they offer a pretty good deal.

Half.com will reimburse me, the seller, $1.50 for shipping to subsidize the cost of packing materials but will charge the seller $1.95, still a lot cheaper than the $3.99 a buyer would have to pay to Amazon for shipping.

While big-ticket items like computers or cars, or even less costly products like books, may be conducive to direct sales, the cost of packing and shipping a single tube of toothpaste or a lone jar of spaghetti sauce makes direct sales of individual items impractical.