Amazon Prime Free Shipping

[bayonnehistory]

Dear eBay,

 What is being done to help us Sellers combat Amazon and their free Prime Shipping and free shipping over $x amount> My sales have been taking a dive because of the competion on Amazon and their free shipping. You know for a fact that us Sellers include the price of shipping with the price of the porduct giving the illision to the Buyers they get free shipping. Any FBA sales on Amazon that qualify for the free shipping, the seller there does not get charged a shipping fee and Amazon absorbs the cost. USPS Commercial PLus price can just not compete with Amazon's FREE SHIPPING.

[takikawa4]

I don't buy things from eBay that I can get from Amazon. In other words, I buy vintage or hard to find items only.

[phcd1]

Ditto

[lja440]

Amazon does absorb the cost but at the volume they can buy at their profit is greater. 

Also consider to get that Prime Free Shipping it costs the Prime member $99.00 up front.

[lja440]

Me too

[sam9876]

I ship everything for free so I can compete.

[ymeagainlord]

Most items which qualify for free Prime shipping also include a % for that shipping cost in the item price.

[fuzzface50]

Heard that amazon got a $350,000 fine for shipping a package that leaked and got 9 ups employees sick recently.

Makes me want to order from them..........NOT!

i rarely order anything from amazon, one of my least favorite shopping site.

[babylove80jr]

It's up to the seller to combat Amazon and any other competition.

[sanchez0319]

EBay The Best, Amazon is a Total Fraud, you pay with your card if the product does not reach you in time they tell you the store did not have your product, then to sell it and they do not return the money, this happened to me, I finished For withdrawing my card since they also did not want to delete my account, Ebay with your intermediary Paypal everything is safe, nothing reaches you or it arrives in bad condition your money is back in your Bank account in less than 24 hours, recommended at 101%

[partial*eclipse]

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@fuzzface50 wrote:

Heard that amazon got a $350,000 fine for shipping a package that leaked and got 9 ups employees sick recently....

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Google says it happened over a year ago.. 

[the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth]

I don't buy anything on Amazon that I can get more cheaply locally. I buy shoes, dog food, household and business staples, clothing, none of which I can buy here more cheaply.  I've spent over $500 this week alone including a vacuum cleaner and archery supplies.

So that may be true if you live in a cheaper area of the country but it's certainly not true for me.

I do buy my vintage inventory and much of my gently loved clothing here though.

[muttlymob]

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@partial*eclipse wrote:

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@fuzzface50 wrote:

Heard that amazon got a $350,000 fine for shipping a package that leaked and got 9 ups employees sick recently....

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Google says it happened over a year ago.. 

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fuzzface wrote that post over a year ago.

necro thread.

[partial*eclipse]

Aaargh!

[annadryl]

That's a completely other place in my mind, apples and oranges. I am a seller too but I don't offer the same stuff as there. Buyers that want our stuff shop here. We have to pay that shipping and we work it in.