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Amazon hides cheaper items with faster delivery, lawsuit alleges (arstechnica.com)
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[–] BeardedSingleMalt@kbin.social 48 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

But be careful that the other option has "free return shipping" included.

[–] wafflez@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

do you know if they're they taxed differently? so one might theoretically be slightly cheaper? /genc

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

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.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What knife did you go with?