Electric Comet on Mon, 22 Jan 2018
11:52:16 -0800 typed in rec.woodworking the following:

who let them ship for free
someone has to pay for the cost to ship
maybe amazon absorbed some of it but usps and others must have been
bullied into absorbing the costs too

Amazon charges $9 a month for "free" shipping.

They may have cut a deal with UPS/USPS for a discount, but they
would not be the first.
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pyotr filipivich
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