If i see a seller who is going nuts with the shipping, i always send
them an email asking them if they made a mistake and mean 5.00 for
shipping instead of 50.00, etc etc, or something along those lines to
try and **** them off.

I've gotten a number of complaints like that because I (like everyone else
on eBay) charge about $5 handling. It takes time to pack it up and ship it.
Beats the heck out of me why they complain, when all they have to do is bid
accordingly, or not bid at all.
One guy won the auction and then demanded I reduce the shipping; like he is
somehow special. I told him to forget about it and I sold it to the next
bidder.