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They do that NOW. They did not for a long time. At one point it was bad enough that I could look at an item as a prime user, and see the lowest listed price. Then open the same product page in an incognito browser, and the lowest listed price has changed, to one approximately lower by the price of shipping. Further, the new notice (and it really is new, it came sometime in the last 4 months) does not in any way absol…
Unless I'm crazy this lawsuit seems pretty idiotic. > “The bottom line is the free shipping that Amazon offered to its Prime members wasn’t free,” said Kim Stephens, attorney for one of the plaintiffs, adding that he was “shocked” by Amazon’s alleged pricing practices. No kidding it isn't free, it costs $79/year (now $99). > "For example, if the price of an item is advertised for $10 with $3.99 shipping and the [vend…
If the price of those items increases by the cost of shipping, after you've payed the $79, Prime is now a sunk cost of $79 that has ZERO returns.
This is the basis of the lawsuit, this is very easy to understand.
Amazon should be covering the shipping cost associated with Prime items, Instead they collude with sellers to make them "Prime eligible" and those sellers increase prices by the cost of shipping. That's a scam.
I've had prime since it's inception, I have 500+ orders on my amazon account. It used to be a great deal, it's basically just a scam to get you to use their video service now.