Amazon to Raise Fees as Revenue Disappoints

Re:Amazon to Raise Fees as Revenue Disappoints by res0nat0r on Friday January 31, 2014 @01:31PM (#7158256)

Add on items wouldn't even exist if it were not in fact for the add-on program, so having them listed is actually giving you more selection than you would get without it.

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Re:Amazon to Raise Fees as Revenue Disappoints by nknighthb on Friday January 31, 2014 @02:04PM (#7158471)

But that explanation is actually misleading. I've had items that I ordered previously from Amazon suddenly turn into add-ons at the same or even slightly higher prices.

Amazon may well have decided to create the add-on program in lieu of removing them, but "wouldn't even exist" isn't the entire truth, as it doesn't acknowledge the fact that the items did exist before.

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Re:Amazon to Raise Fees as Revenue Disappoints by res0nat0r on Friday January 31, 2014 @07:05PM (#7160105)

Sounds like they were selling them at a loss and decided to either move them into the add-on program, or remove them from the site all-together. Which is is better?

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Re:Amazon to Raise Fees as Revenue Disappoints by wiredfool on Friday January 31, 2014 @02:03PM (#7158461)

I don't believe that, since there are items that we had shipped that changed to prime add on when that was created.

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