My apologies if this has already been posted elsewhere...

Starting April 24th, when you buy from an Amazon marketplace seller, the shipping charges on Blu-rays, DVDs, and CDs will be $3.99 instead of the current $2.98

Just a heads-up for those currently on-the-fence about making a marketplace purchase...

Does this mean eBay will follow suit shortly with their maximum shipping charges?

One can only hope (as a seller). They haven't raised the maximum in the past 5 years since they've implemented it, despite an increase in First Class and Media Mail rates of 15-30% in that time, and eBay adding on Final Value Fees to the shipping cost in 2011, an effective increase of an additional 10% on the shipping cost. An increase to at least $3.49 would not be unreasonable.

Blah... they need to offer combined shipping for same sellers than.

Agreed. As a marketplace seller, I'd be happy to offer shipping discounts on multiple-item orders. Unfortunately, Amazon doesn't give us that option.

I usually just email the seller first and ask, then they'll refund me some of the amount.