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Re:Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx... by chii on Friday October 06, 2017 @03:12AM (#15414974)
Or, if you're cynical, you can say they are playing the long game. Once amazon controls the full vertical for everything, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone else to do business with. Then, they can turn up the money faucet.
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Re:Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx... by beauzero on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:14AM (#15416916)
Books is a good indicator. We have about 100k+ listings at any given point. We have seen at least 50% of our competitors go out of business since the last rate hike (mid summer).

...you are now paying about $3 more per book and the majority of that now goes to Amazon. Not the third party seller. They raised % taken and also began taking a percentage of shipping fee which is why you see a bunch of third party sellers listing free shipping. Basically they caught up to Ebay in that regard.

"Used" books are not really profitable to sell on Amazon anymore. If you want better prices go to Abebooks.com. Same sellers and generally $2-3 cheaper now.

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Re:Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx... by ghaff on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:40AM (#15417109)
Though note that Amazon owns Abebooks.
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Re:Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx... by olegkikin on Friday October 06, 2017 @11:11AM (#15417375)
Or use a price comparison engine like AddAll. Example:

http://www.addall.com/New/submitNew.cgi?query=0439136369&typ...

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Re:Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx... by jotato on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:17AM (#15416942)
Abebooks.com? Never heard it it. thank you!
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Re:Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx... by 201709User on Friday October 06, 2017 @04:49AM (#15415337)
I will use baby boomer approach - benefit today, screw the future.
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