Posted on 10/15/2019 3:51:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It used to be that ordering household items from Amazon Prime meant stocking up.
Many brick and mortar-resistant shoppers relished 48 rolls of toilet paper or 24 cans of cat food arriving at their address in two short days.
Until recently, to protect Amazons retail margins, Amazon has made it difficult to purchase a single item in the $1-$5 range and also get fast and free shipping items like a stick of deodorant, a make-up brush or a tube of toothpaste.
In September, analysts at Edgewater Research started noticing that Amazon had disabled its add-on program, the system Amazon used to allow the purchasing of low-priced items, but only if they were added to create a $25 minimum, for example. On their own, items below $5 didnt quality for free-shipping, until now.
Not only has Amazon recently increased its delivery speed from two days to one, but this shift in Amazons logistics should make brick and mortar competitors like Walgreens, CVS, Walmart and Target nervous.
(Excerpt) Read more at freightwaves.com ...
Since we can’t drive we use a delivery service to get food from Kroger, although we do also use Wal-Mart, Whole Foods/Amazon and Imperfect Foods as well as some meal kit place.
That THAT is funny!
When did they start?
About the same time that "taxpayers" stop allowing Congress to buy votes with fiat money, devalue savings with fiat money and stop allowing Federal bureaucracies to control every minute aspect of our lives.....
Crickets...
When do Conservatives stop subsidizing that SOB Bezos who bankroll the WAPO?
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