You didn't get screwed. I just ran that shipment through our UPS computer. With our corporate account shipping up to 1# from 48180 (Taylor MI) to 80107 (Elizabeth CO) the rate is $9.63. Everything we ship UPS gets at least a $5 processing charge. This pays for the packaging material, time to package, and time to process the billing from UPS etc. Even at that it doesn't cover all the costs. So if it were us shipping the charge would have been $14.63.
Hope that helps!
