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I will usually pay a little more to have Amazon fulfill as well, but that is completely orthogonal to my desire for more transparent pricing from all merchants.
by brownbat 10y ago
I will usually pay a little more to have Amazon fulfill as well, but that is completely orthogonal to my desire for more transparent pricing from all merchants.
Yes there are options, but if sites can store billing information, they can store shipping preferences. They can pick a reasonable default.
In fact, they already have all the necessary information, you can tell by the way some online merchants will have a single price in bold, then below that in fine print +$x shipping + $x tax, like so:
http://imgur.com/krReEkz http://imgur.com/krReEkz
They just don't have any interest in advertising more accurate (and thus higher) prices than their competitors.
They know the numbers, there's no reason to hide the final price here, except that the competitive market is forcing anti-consumer behavior.
- dazc 10y agoWell I, kind of, get your point but, as your image gives a perfect example, this isn't a problem unique to amazon. On one hand I just wish they wouldn't list marketplace sellers when they already stock something themselves. But, doesn't having all those other options (as imperfect as they are) sway things a little in the consumer's interest?
- brownbat 10y agoMy comment: (about all retailers, including B&M). Your reply: "I'll buy items stocked and fulfilled by amazon" My next post: (Me too, my point wasn't really about Amazon.) Your reply: "this isn't a problem unique to amazon" (and your evidence isn't even from amazon, so that's a strange way to make a point about amazon!) Me: ಠ_ಠ I get it, you're trolling me. Very funny.