Amazon gives non-Prime members free shipping at $35 or more of eligible items. Instead of simply letting users get the product with free shipping, they've added a discount that prices it exactly one cent below the $35 limit, while only subsidizing the price with $3.38, which is about half of what they'll then charge you for shipping.
Stop using Amazon
Easy fix, don't buy from Amazon.
Almost everything on Amazon you can also find on eBay. Sometimes it is a couple of bucks more expensive, but it's usually due to shit like this. Haven't bought on Amazon for 4 years now.
I've actually added very low cost items to my cart, made sure free returns from Amazon only, and returned it. Two can play that game Amazon!
Obligatory fuck Amazon
That set is normally 39.95 off iFixit's site.
They knocked off $3.38 i'd just go add a pack of duracels 2032's and get them for almost nothing, free shipping.
TBF, I usually have something sitting in my cart that I didn't feel like ordering yet anyway.
They've been doing this for years.
It's why I've made a 'save for later' collection of things I either use on the regular like my favorite soap or face cleanser, or really low cost things ($1 or less) I could make use of like single use eyewash to put in a first aid kit, things like that.
Annoying that I have to play their stupid little game, but this lets me bump it past 35 without it being wasteful
Kind of a tangent, but this is probably a good opportunity to throw out there that Amazon is pretty often not the lowest cost place to buy something these days. For example, I needed a specific but simple hand tool and Amazon wanted $5-6 for it but the harbor freight on the way to work costs $2. Worth a second search
I don't know if this is possible on Amazon, but on our local alternative (bol.com for the Dutchies) it is possible to buy e-books for one cent, which will get you free shipping. I have quite a selection of e-books I'll probably never read, but which were just the right amount to get free shipping.
I've learned about this in church. The bible calls that a "cunt", from "the book of dick moves".
Why would you order from amazon instead of directly from ifixit?
Buy iFixIt stuff directly from them on their website. Or is that somehow more expensive?
There are ebooks listed for exactly 1 cent.
Order something really fucking heavy extra and refund it.
Just by something costing .01
I am confused by this thread, do you only have Amazon and eBay in US?
What annoys me is the price fixing
I bet this thing was actually worth only $25.
The markups have become insane on Amazon.
I remember when Amazon first started there were good deals on good quality items. Then as they secured a dominating position on the market prices started going up but at least the low quality junk items were relatively rare and easy to identify so it was worth a little premium. Then they got rid of that and now it's almost all overpriced junk items sold by shady sellers now.
I almost never use Amazon now unless it's for something specific that I can't find anywhere else.
People didn't know this? I mean Amazon is evil shit. But companies have been doing stuff like this for 30 years...
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