Point of reference (Score: 1) by fnj@pipedot.org on 2016-02-25 08:55 (#1539A) $50 happens to be the cutoff for Walmart online, too. And for quite a few other places.The skyrocketing cost of shipping is a real problem for everybody. It really frosts me to order ten bucks worth of tea leaves or electronic parts and then have shipping to double the cost to me.