Annette,
We've given that belt a rather large discount to account for the little missing piece. You could probably just use a gold paint to fill in that section or sculpt a little piece to fill it in from polymer clay etc. if you like. $9.00 would be for priority mail shipping. You can choose first class mail for this item which is around the $5.00 range for a bit of savings.
Sincerely,
Dana Bates
www.azureaster.com