[Olden Days]

I used truck and car shop in the past a lot and it was always clearly stated when checking out that they will call with shipping charges.
Companies are in business to make a profit. They will be out of business pretty quick if they don't charge for shipping and handling. It cost them money to buy boxes packing material and pay someone to package it all. Why shouldn't they charge you for that?
As for Gmc Pauls I have my own issues with them such as charging me sales tax when I am in Cali and they are in some other state, also putting tax on the UPS shipping charge which is not supposed to be taxable . I canceled out the shopping basket when I saw those tax charges and emailed him a question as to why he charges sales tax outside his state. He claimed he had warehouses in cali. I really doubt that he does. I think he just drop ships from companies in cali like a lot of vendors do but don't charge tax. that and the sales tax on the ups charge made all kinds of red flags go up. This was at least a couple of years ago. Dont know what his policies on that are now.