Amazon gives non-Prime members free shipping at $35 or more of eligible items. Instead of simply letting users get the product with free shipping, they’ve added a discount that prices it exactly one cent below the $35 limit, while only subsidizing the price with $3.38, which is about half of what they’ll then charge you for shipping.

  • @NikeluiEnglish
    4•1 month ago

    Unless you buy useless stuff just to avoid shipping, it’s still money spent toward something you would have bought later (possibly for a higher price, on retail). It counts on future savings.