woodchucker on Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:00:23 -0500
typed in rec.woodworking the following:

who let them operate with out charging sales tax for so long
i think they charge sales tax now

who let them ship for free

There's no free shipping. Look at the prime price, it's much higher
sometimes double the price of other vendors through Amazon.
So prime is often higher priced to cover shipping.
If you are not a prime customer and reach the free shipping, you are
paying for it, it's built into the cost.

Prime is now a wonderful bundle of services. Not only can you get
streaming movies, or music or ebooks, but it also includes shipping of
actual physical media. Like books, records and DVDs.
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pyotr filipivich
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