On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:47:58 -0800, Electric Comet
wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:55:57 -0800
pyotr filipivich wrote:

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

is that the prime subscription

i was thinking more of the spend this much and get free shipping

Even with punctuation, the above wouldn't make any sense.

some independent sellers actually bear the cost which is crazy
you are competing for pennies or at a loss

Do you not understand the concept of competition? If you don't want
to sell on Prime or include the cost of shipping in your sales price,
don't. If you don't want to sell on Amazon, don't. You're free to
run your business as you see fit.

they also convinced some independents to ship their product to an
amazon warehouse then later they began charging them for storing
them in the warehouse

Because it saves them money. Duh. Come on. Think! If it doesn't
save them money, they wouldn't do it.

extorting just like a criminal organization

Utter nonsense.

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

maybe they did and maybe they are not the first but nothing is free

Of course not. You're paying in the cost of the product.

someone is bearing that cost for usps it is most likely the tax
payer and for ups maybe the unions and employees bear that or maybe
there are tax breaks for ups and so once again the tax payer aborbs
the cost

The unions are going to pay for Amazon to ship stuff? You're funny!