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Yes, there is a fixed bitcoin fee per transaction regardless of the amount of the transaction, and the fixed fee is currently about $5 USD. It's why I wrote this post, to warn people about this issue when buying, so they don't pay unnecessary fees.

Thanks! OMG, I wished I knew this a lot sooner.. I have wasted so much transaction fees...

The fees weren't so high in the past, but it's gone up a lot for bitcoin recently.