Yes there are merles in Chis, big controversy over that in the chi world. Yes he is a merle to merle breeding but it was accidently as a chi was taken in due to illness and hospital admission, that chi and another merle that lived there apparently got "together".

I am not sure about the shipping price whether that is for the "adopter" to fly down and get the puppy and fly back or just the puppy...I will find out though. Maybe they don't want to ship him alone due to his size? I will get more information. What airline did you use?