That’s not how it works for me. I don’t have to buy multiple items to qualify for free shipping and often times the prices are comparable,if not cheaper, than the actual retailer offers on their site.
Sorry, I was not clear. I have prime and almost everything has free shipping no matter how many items you buy.
What I mean is that, for smaller/cheapier items, they won’t sell you just one, because you will immediately see you ARE paying the shipment. So they sell you “sets” of something and factor the shipping cost in, so that if you calculate how much is for each item, the shipment fee is spread out and become acceptable for you.
Many websites offer you free shipping above some order value, but you wouldn’t shop on those sites so often and you wouldn’t consider to buy something small because you are paying and shown the shipping fee. Amazon doesn’t want you to wait too much between orders and doesn’t want you to go somewhere else for smaller items but also doesn’t want to pay for your shipment.
So in the end, we are paying for the shipment and also locking ourselves behind a monopoly just because it is convenient (at least I am, and I hate it)
Other day I went to Rossmann, which is Germany’s CVS/Walgreens, minus the actual drugs. I wanted an eye flush kit. Nope, no idea what I’m taking about. While I’m in the shop, I ordered an eye flush kit from Amazon, one single bottle, for 8€. They delivered it by 10pm. I was not forced to buy multiple. This is consistent with everything I end up ordering on Amazon after getting frustrated while trying to do basic shopping in Germany. I have Prime. Perhaps this is distant in your location.
I’ve tried to go without Amazon before capitulating and accepting that the convenience is more important to me than going to multiple stores and being frustrated with the results.
That’s not how it works for me. I don’t have to buy multiple items to qualify for free shipping and often times the prices are comparable,if not cheaper, than the actual retailer offers on their site.
Sorry, I was not clear. I have prime and almost everything has free shipping no matter how many items you buy.
What I mean is that, for smaller/cheapier items, they won’t sell you just one, because you will immediately see you ARE paying the shipment. So they sell you “sets” of something and factor the shipping cost in, so that if you calculate how much is for each item, the shipment fee is spread out and become acceptable for you.
Many websites offer you free shipping above some order value, but you wouldn’t shop on those sites so often and you wouldn’t consider to buy something small because you are paying and shown the shipping fee. Amazon doesn’t want you to wait too much between orders and doesn’t want you to go somewhere else for smaller items but also doesn’t want to pay for your shipment.
So in the end, we are paying for the shipment and also locking ourselves behind a monopoly just because it is convenient (at least I am, and I hate it)
Other day I went to Rossmann, which is Germany’s CVS/Walgreens, minus the actual drugs. I wanted an eye flush kit. Nope, no idea what I’m taking about. While I’m in the shop, I ordered an eye flush kit from Amazon, one single bottle, for 8€. They delivered it by 10pm. I was not forced to buy multiple. This is consistent with everything I end up ordering on Amazon after getting frustrated while trying to do basic shopping in Germany. I have Prime. Perhaps this is distant in your location.
I’ve tried to go without Amazon before capitulating and accepting that the convenience is more important to me than going to multiple stores and being frustrated with the results.