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Re:Amazon Is Accused of Forcing Up Prices in Antitrust Compl... by gmiller123456 on Friday November 08, 2019 @02:00PM (#21485497)
I disagree. It's been my experience that Amazon very rarely has the lowest price. They prefer to charge higher fees for listing than places like Ebay and hope people choose Amazon just due to brand recognition.
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Re:Amazon Is Accused of Forcing Up Prices in Antitrust Compl... by Sendotsh on Friday November 08, 2019 @02:45PM (#21485973)
Yeah I’ve consistently found amazon to be more expensive than other online stores and even brick & mortar sometimes, at least here in Australia. They USED to be cheaper for everything, but not for a while now.

Amazon is good for the occasional sales, stuff that’s hard to find locally, or stuff I need quickly. That’s about it.

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Re:Amazon Is Accused of Forcing Up Prices in Antitrust Compl... by CharlesColeman on Friday November 08, 2019 @03:13PM (#21486220)
> They USED to be cheaper for everything, but not for a while now.

Yeah, and their website isn't even that good to boot (search sucks, for instance). I think they're coasting based on customer inertia and market dominance.

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