S&H (shipping and handling) is an extraordinary concept. For example when buying anything on ebay, the seller tells you that S&H is 4.95$. You pay, the package comes to you and you see that shipping is only 2$. You tell this to the seller and he claims that the difference is the "handling". Since when is handling not covered by the profit? Well, I understand that the seller is pushing to show a low sell price, but it is disingenuous to hide profit under the "handling" umbrella.

In the same chapter, see the practice in Canada to show prices in stores w/o the taxes. Only at the cashier you see another 13% added to the price. Since when am I the buyer interested how much of the price goes to the government? Total cost is what interests me. It is just another way to increase the profit artificially.