Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months
by stjohnswarts on Saturday November 28, 2020 @08:28PM
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His point is easily seen if you go to the post office/fecex and try to mail 2 bulbs for $3 and see how far you get.
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Re:Amazon hires 427,000 people in 10 months
by jjeaff on Monday November 30, 2020 @12:05AM
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That's retail rates. Depending on the size of the bulbs, you could likely ship them first class for around $1.5. packaging might be another $0.20 assuming the bulbs are already in stuff boxes.
But still, not much room for profit. And from my experience, a lot of big box sellers will just put it in a huge box and pay a much higher rate than necessary for shipping.