Amazon gives non-Prime members free shipping at $35 or more of eligible items. Instead of simply letting users get the product with free shipping, they’ve added a discount that prices it exactly one cent below the $35 limit, while only subsidizing the price with $3.38, which is about half of what they’ll then charge you for shipping.

    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 days ago

      For twice the price, triple the wait time, and if you juggle like 40 accounts sure.

      Have you ever lived off minimum wage in a poor region?

    • desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 days ago

      USPS charges a not insignificant amount for shipping heavy items to Alaska (excluding media mail that frequently takes months and few retailers ever use). If physical stores sold anything at a reasreasonable price (aside from off season fishing /hunting /cold equipment) fewer people would use Amazon.