So I need ETH to move my ERC20 tokens around and to do some interaction with smart contracts. I don't really need a lot of ETH, only $5 worth.

The problem is most exchanges charge 0.005 ETH ( $4.97) to 0.01 ETH ($9.94) per withdrawal! Even Shapeshift charges around that much. I have a work around in mind already but it will take $30 (I have to sell $25 worth back to get back the fiat) and jumping from fiat > BTC > DOGE > ETH.

It's funny though that you can transfer ETH wallet to wallet for 1 - 20 gwei (roughly $0.02 to $0.80). I think these exchanges are conducting highway robbery.