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.

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Sometimes the local prices are insane too.

    I needed a new infrared thermometer the other day; cheapest one I could find locally that wasn’t a kids medical forehead thermometer with a tiny temperature range: $56 before tax.

    Amazon shipped one for $25 incl tax+shipping.

    I’m broke af atm. That makes a huge difference. I feel dirty even opening the app/site; but that price difference is absurd.