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Re:Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ... by atum47 on Sunday May 30, 2021 @03:36PM (#27335975)
I tend to analyze memes on Reddit and see what effect it have on real life (prior to the boys, HBO show). One frequently recurrent is the one where Drake refuse a item for 10 dollars plus 2 dollars shipping and accepts a 12 dollars product with free shipping. Seems most people prefer it this way. It's only logical for Amazon to do that (they probably have a deeper data analysis that confirms the meme).
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Re:Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ... by Spivak on Monday May 31, 2021 @10:39AM (#27344505)
The $12 dollar item is better though because if you do a return you get the item price back.

Also you the problem with the meme is that consumers have been trained to mentally adjust prices higher than $2 for shipping. The cheapest non-envelope mail is like $6.99.

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Re:Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ... by eshaan7 on Sunday May 30, 2021 @06:33PM (#27337556)
The article is much more about than just added shipping fees. It mainly points out how amazon doesn't let the sellers offer lower prices elsewhere.
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