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Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get aro... by sokoloff on Friday May 29, 2020 @08:33PM (#23357294)
TP has relatively high shipping cost, especially as compared to its value. Dimensional pricing (charging by volume) is what kills you trying to ship TP.
Re:Amazon sellers marking products as collectible to get aro... by goodside on Saturday May 30, 2020 @02:23AM (#23358974)
For consumers you’re definitely right, but I don’t think this is true when buying by the truckload. Paper manufacturers produce both very high-density products (office paper) and very low-density products (toilet paper). Office paper is so dense that you have to ship it in trucks that are half-empty due to safety regulations on truck weight, so I’d expect a customer that needs both products can receive toilet paper in the same truck without much marginal increase in fuel consumption. I don’t work in the industry though, so I admit I’m mostly speculating.