Wayne asked: Can you believe that the seller charged me $1.80 to ship eight chips?

I don't quite understand your question Wayne. Are you saying that $1.80 is too cheap when the actual cost of postage for mailing 8 chips is $1.29 plus maybe $0.21¢ for a bubble wrapper or so? I think the shipping charges were quite in line with what it should be.

Wayne also asked: How can you justify charging $16.65 to ship nine chips?

Simply put, I can't.