[conservativebuckeye]

You’re always paying for shipping fees, it’s just hidden in physical stores. Much like the corporate income tax.

[Brown Deer]

You’re always paying for shipping fees, it’s just hidden in physical stores.

The shipping fees per item are not nearly the same as the cost of shipping a single item to the buyer. Besides, the internet retailer also has their hidden shipping fees.

[Red in Blue PA]

With physical stores, they have shipping costs x 1. With the internet, they have shipping costs x2 (product shipped to internet merchant, then to customer)