its a strategy, theyre not even being deceitful here, just pricing to their interests. theres so much evil stuff they do, but this example isn’t properly evil.
Comment on Amazon Artificially Discounting Items $0.01 Below the Free Shipping Limit
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People didn’t know this? I mean Amazon is evil shit. But companies have been doing stuff like this for 30 years…
zeca@lemmy.eco.br 3 weeks ago
Jax@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
No, this is just an example of a lesser evil that we’ve grown accustomed to.
ArchRecord@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I’d just never seen this specific flavor of bullshittery from them before. Encouraging sellers to keep prices below the shipping limit is one thing, but adding discounts artificially no matter what the actual seller prices their product at is a whole new level of making things worse for everyone involved.
Sellers have a lower likelihood of a non-Prime member buying their item, users don’t get free shipping.
skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
They likely have an algo running to do this just like how they offer random coupons to entice you to buy items in your cart, and all the other tricks around shipping manipulation.