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Leon[_7_]

On 1/22/2018 7:38 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:55:57 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

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.

No, Prime is more than $9 (I think it just went up to $13) but they do
free shipping on orders greater than $50, also.

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

Yes, there are reports that they have a real sweetheart deal with
USPS, subsidized by everyone in the US.

Just the other night there was an NBC special covering the sweetheart
deals that some cities are offering Amazon. I do not recall the small
town but they offered to let Amazon use the land for $1. That created
thousands of local jobs and a 35% increase in sales tax revenue.