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20 cents per item just to pick it out of a bin and pack it in a box has to be a significant chunk out of the profit Amazon can make from those smaller low value
by grapeshot 9y ago
20 cents per item just to pick it out of a bin and pack it in a box has to be a significant chunk out of the profit Amazon can make from those smaller low value items that people order individually with Prime.
- saosebastiao 9y agoSignificant in the sense that flea bites still hurt even after a shark has taken your leg off. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14932427 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14932427
- thaumasiotes 9y agoI wish flea bites hurt. Human-biting fleas would quickly go extinct.
- mschuster91 9y agoAmazon does not care if one or two orders represent a loss. As long as you move more and more of your purchases, hell people shop their _groceries_ online, to Amazon, they stand to profit from locking you in. Amazon wants your first thought on the question "I want XYZ, how do I get it" to be "Amazon".