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My friend once ordered a hot tub with 2 day shipping on Amazon Prime, and has often wondered about the economics of that purchase.
by peterlk 4y ago
My friend once ordered a hot tub with 2 day shipping on Amazon Prime, and has often wondered about the economics of that purchase.
- ceejayoz 4y ago"Free" shipping of that sort of thing tends to be factored into the selling price. I'll occasionally find large, heavy items on Amazon that are 20-30% more than in a local store for this reason.
- Dylan16807 4y agoIt also means that your average sub-25-cent part on Amazon costs $5.
- elihu 4y agoI once bought a band saw from Amazon with free shipping. (I didn't have Prime, it was just regular free shipping.) I could have bought it locally, but I didn't have a convenient way to get it home. In my case, free shipping didn't turn out all that great; it was damaged when it got to me. Fortunately I was able to get free replacement parts from the company. I suspect Amazon probably lost money on that deal since they had to hire specialty movers, but who knows?