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Amazon - Add-On Item Shipped Separately?
In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 02 Jan 2017 06:57:33 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote: On Sun, 1 Jan 2017 15:46:39 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03 wrote: On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 6:34:23 PM UTC-5, Kenny wrote: wrote in message ... On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 21:53:30 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 12/31/2016 8:57 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote: According to Amazon "The Add-on program allows Amazon to offer thousands of low-priced items that would be cost-prohibitive to ship on their own." I ordered something for $42, needing another $7 to qualify for free shipping. I found an $8 Add-on item and put it in my cart. All-set, free shipping. The next day I got 2 emails, one for each item, with separate tracking numbers and different delivery dates. Apparently the Add-on item "that would be cost-prohibitive to ship on its own" did just that. I needed it anyway and it was basically free, so I'm not complaining, but it doesn't seem to go along with their description of the Add-on program. I've had that happen. Maybe they look at total sales and profit on a $50 order as opposed to an only $7 order. I think that is correct. They just want you to get in the habit of ordering one or two other things you don't really need for "free" shipping. I also know they get a huge discount on their shipping. My wife screwed up and had a toy for the kids shipped here and we decided I would just pay to ship it to Michigan. It was a big bulky item that triggered the extra cost from UPS and USPS so it cost me more to ship than she paid for it originally, shipping and price. This is for UK but probably similar tool for US. http://www.supersaverdeliverytool.com/ Kenny One US version looks like this: http://www.filleritem.com/ It's interesting that both of those are 3rd party tools, not something available on the Amazon site itself. I guess Amazon would rather you search Amazon for an item on your own, hoping you'll spend more than the minimum needed to get the lower shipping. You just have to know the "secret" terms to search for on Amazon. "Filler item" and "add on" both work. Thanks. That would be better because you can add more terms to find things you're actually interested in, like baseball, chocolate, or camping, Instead of that strange collection of cheap things that filleritem.com shows. 100 things out of 20,000 cheap things they sell. Although I have things that cost 10 or 20 dollars that I'm thinking of buying for their own sake, that I use for filler. |
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