@ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoAmazon hides cheaper items with faster delivery, lawsuit allegesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1690arrow-down18
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minus-squareBeardedSingleMaltlinkfedilink48•5 months agoYeah I learned that a long time ago. Was looking for a new knife… Amazon - $14.99 with Free Prime Shipping. Sellers A & B - $9.99 with $5.00 shipping Seller C - $4.99 with $10 shipping
minus-squareThe Menemen!linkfedilinkEnglish35•edit-25 months agoBut be careful that the other option has “free return shipping” included.
minus-square@wafflez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agodo you know if they’re they taxed differently? so one might theoretically be slightly cheaper? /genc
minus-square@phx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoI’m not sure about Amazon, but in the one eBay days stuffing the price of shipping versus the price of the item was a way sellers avoided percentage-based fees based on the item price.
Yeah I learned that a long time ago. Was looking for a new knife…
Amazon - $14.99 with Free Prime Shipping.
Sellers A & B - $9.99 with $5.00 shipping
Seller C - $4.99 with $10 shipping
But be careful that the other option has “free return shipping” included.
do you know if they’re they taxed differently? so one might theoretically be slightly cheaper? /genc
I’m not sure about Amazon, but in the one eBay days stuffing the price of shipping versus the price of the item was a way sellers avoided percentage-based fees based on the item price.
What knife did you go with?
Large