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Re:The shady economics of ‘buy one, get one free’ deals by chrisan on Monday February 18, 2019 @06:22AM (#19189978)
When comparing it also makes you realize how much Amazon Prime "free shipping" is a joke sometimes since they just roll the cost into the product.

"Why am I paying for prime?"

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Re:The shady economics of ‘buy one, get one free’ deals by patates on Monday February 18, 2019 @06:35AM (#19190015)
You are paying for it so you don't get charged for the shipping again. It's very, very shady.
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Re:The shady economics of ‘buy one, get one free’ deals by rootusrootus on Monday February 18, 2019 @11:43AM (#19191933)
The original proposition was that Prime wasn't geting you free shipping -- that pre-dates Prime -- it was getting you upgraded to two-day service rather than the standard wait-a-week ground shipping.
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