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"How retailers hide the costs of delivery" Umm, when I go to the Home Depot warehouse, they don't add something onto my receipt for "warehouse real-estate cost
by massysett 3y ago
"How retailers hide the costs of delivery"
Umm, when I go to the Home Depot warehouse, they don't add something onto my receipt for "warehouse real-estate cost" or "warehouse heating charge." In fact I'd get annoyed if they did add such a charge. Furthermore, it's often publications like this one that whine when vendors like Comcast add in "regulatory recovery fee" or "regional sports fee" and the retort is "that's just a cost of doing business, they shouldn't be charging a fee for it, that's a junk fee."
But for some dumb reason when a retailer decides to bake the cost of shipping into the sticker price, that's not some pro-consumer thing but rather merits a cynical "free shipping isn't really free" and complaints that the retailer is "hiding" something.
- bombcar 3y agoPart of it is that shipping has somewhat of a “flat fee” + per pound. So it is better to combine purchases, but that’s not the case if you have Prime (Amazon tries to bribe you to do so).
- cgriswald 3y ago> Amazon tries to bribe you to do so Do they? I can't recall Amazon offering me anything other than a longer wait time (for the items that can be shipped faster) and fewer boxes.
- bombcar 3y agoWhen I had prime they’d almost always offer me a $1 digital video coupon or some other credit to take slower shipping which would allow them to combine. At the height it was easily more than the cost of prime each year in credits. Maybe in denser areas it’s not worth it to them.
- patch_cable 3y agoI always get offers for an additional 1% back on my Amazon Prime credit card.