Amazon Drops Free Shipping Policy
from the ha-ha.--it-was-just-a-fake. dept
Amazon has stopped offering free shipping if you order two or more items. They claim this program, which they just started two weeks ago was merely a test anyway. The move to drop it had nothing to do with customer feedback. They were always planning on letting it run for two weeks (this has a George Orwell, history rewriting feel to it). They certainly fooled Barnes & Noble, though. B&N started offering free shipping themselves, in response, earlier this week. I wonder if they'll stop after two weeks too. They can always claim it was just a test. Also, Amazon says they've lowered the prices they had bumped up during the test.
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