Comment on Amazon BUSTED for Widespread Scheme to Inflate Prices Across the Economy— Amazon, its vendors, and competing retailers are price fixing, hiking up prices for consumer products

Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• kboy101222@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I mean, that makes sense to me at least. Drywall lifts aren’t difficult machines, they’re basically a lifting mechanism on a steel frame.

  However, they are heavy and big mother fuckers, and therefore cost a ton to ship. Shipping is damned expensive, even without price fixing and gouging.

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  • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    True but $240+ just seems excessive if the tool itself is priced 1/3 of that

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    • kboy101222@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It depends on a lot of things. Weight, truck availability, packaging size, whatever deal the manufacturer has with the shipping company, warehouse location, etc.

      Supply chain management is an absolute unsolvable beast. I used to help out a local warehouse business, and the amount of work that went solely into optimizing their shipping costs was staggering

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      • CobblerScholar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Astonishing what happens when people are paid what they’re worth

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      • Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I know but amazon has a policy for non prime users that items over $35 qualify for free shipping. After dropping that deal I looked at some on a couple big box homimprov stores and they have some that are double the amazon item price but ship free so a net savings of around $100 on the deal

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