By: RW Rogers

RW Rogers — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 01:20:44 +0000

As the independent vendors set the prices and the shipping charges, whatever game is being played is being played by the vendors, not Amazon. It is obvious that Eszter doesn’t understand the Amazon Prime program and no one can get through to her that only products sold and/or stocked by Amazon are ever eligible for it. Of course, they do list other vendors offering the same product, new or used. Those prices are no secret and are often less than Amazon’s own price. Those products are not shipped by Amazon but direct from the vendors themselves at their expense. Eszter is complaining because she wants the best of both worlds without paying for either: any cheaper price offered by an outside vendor and shipping via Amazon Prime despite the fact that Amazon itself is not the vendor, the warehouser nor the shipper. Strange that someone with a PhD in communications has failed to understand the simply stated program, the obvious outside vendors, nor the repeated attempts by various commenters to educate her.

By: eszter

eszter — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:52:02 +0000

Hi, thanks for looking into this. I see your and others’ point. I’d just like to note one more time that if I’m being charged $17.13 when I’ve already paid for shipping at a Prime member then I’m actually being charged more than anybody else for this product. It may be sunk cost, but it is still a cost.

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