Amazon does not offer free shipping
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I am not a member of Amazon Prime. It is my understanding that once you reach a certain volume of Amazon purchases,you're basically not paying for shipping from that point forward to the end of the year.
guvnah
Dilly Dilly!
45 tweeted it, so it must be true, lol!
Even the post office has acknowledged 45 is full of crap.
Winston
Do you feel lucky, Punk
That is mathematically impossible on two fronts
1. prime users pay more than non prime, this is a shipping differential, prime suckers will not admit this
2. If you ship 100 things you would pay 1 dollar a ship, plus the added value of 1.
Free shipping is not possible, either math wise or economically. Even if the shipping seems free it is actually added to the purchase price
Winston
Do you feel lucky, Punk
Free shipping is impossible, though a merchant can factor this into the purchase price, but you still pay
Winston
Do you feel lucky, Punk
The post office went bankrupt so they can't manage s hit. If not for the Fed reimbursing the post office for losses their would be no post office
Fast Eddy
Mayor
Restating your opinion doesn't make it true.
Prime is sufficiently inexpensive, and is packed with other features one would pay for (such as books and streaming video that are "free" with membership) that it makes shipping, for all intents and purposes, free.
I was a late adopter. I've only been an Amazon Prime member for about four years. I have to say I like the service, and find it inexpensive and efficient.
I was a late adopter. I've only been an Amazon Prime member for about four years. I have to say I like the service, and find it inexpensive and efficient.
I bought an item from Amazon the other day. My friend bought the same item. I have a PRIME membership and I got free 2 day shipping. She didn't have a membership and had to pay the shipping. Where do you get your information...from Sean Hannity. He spent the weekend with his buddy in Mar a Lago and Trump went on a rampage afterward. That idiot listens to everything Hannity and other right wing nuts tell him.
We keep track of what we buy and what it would have cost us if we hadn't had Prime.
Since we buy a lot of stuff from Amazon, out Prime Membership more than paid for itself, plus the convenience of not having to go to crowded stores shopping and the fact that the we get the item faster with Prime.
If you don't have Prime, you're missing out.
Trump hates Amazon because he hates the owner...Bezos...because Bezos is richer and obviously smarter than Trump. But the main reason is that he bought Wa Post who isn't afraid to tell the truth about Trump.
So there is a per item retail price differential between Prime and non-Prime purchases?
ObamacareForever
Senator
Feel free to not use the service, as you can tell you are in the minority that doesn't see $99 a year worth of value there.
Winston
Do you feel lucky, Punk
The post office operates at a loss.....this is fact kid
NOT BECAUSE OF AMAZON..
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...mp-usps-postal-service-amazon-losing-fortune/
No, the Postal Service isn't losing a fortune on Amazon
By Manuela Tobias on Monday, April 2nd, 2018 at 5:53 p.m.
President Donald Trump took a swing at Amazon once more on April 2, blaming the digital retailer for the United States Postal Service’s financial woes.
"Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon," Trump tweeted. "THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed. Also, our fully tax paying retailers are closing stores all over the country...not a level playing field!"
Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/980800783313702918
Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed. Also, our fully tax paying retailers are closing stores all over the country...not a level playing field!
8:35 AM - Apr 2, 2018
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We addressed the closing of retailers across the country in another Amazon-USPS tweet-inspired story last week. (Trump had a point.) But for this fact-check, we wondered whether Amazon is causing the Postal Service to "lose a fortune."
The post office is losing a fortune, but Trump is wrong to blame Amazon.
Parcels are growing the Postal Service
The Postal Service reported a net loss of $2.7 billion for 2017. It has lost $65.1 billion since 2007. Much of the red ink is attributed to a 2006 law mandating that USPS pre-fund future retirees’ health benefits.
First-class mail, the USPS’ biggest source of revenue, also continued to shrink, seeing a $1.87 billion revenue loss in fiscal year 2017.
Package delivery, however, was one of the few bright spots in its latest financial statement. In 2017, parcels brought in $19.5 billion, or 28 percent of USPS’ annual revenue. At $2.1 billion, packages contributed the largest revenue increase.
Deals with private shippers like Amazon accounted for $7 billion of the $19.5 billion in revenue. While we know that Amazon is the biggest e-commerce player, we don’t know exactly how much of the $7 billion comes from Amazon, because the details of the postal service’s deals with private shippers are considered proprietary and not made public.
A good deal?
USPS ships about 40 percent of Amazon’s packages. Amazon bulk-delivers packages to a USPS distribution center, and the Postal Service brings it to your door. USPS negotiates the discounted rate for that service with Amazon, as it does all other bulk shippers.
Those rates are kept under wraps. That said, we do know the Amazon deal is at least a break-even venture.
That’s because the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act made it illegal for USPS to price parcel delivery below its cost.
"By law our competitive package products, including those that we deliver for Amazon, must cover their costs," an August 2017 USPS press release said. "Our regulator, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), looks carefully at this question every year and has determined that they do. The PRC has also noted that competitive products help fund the infrastructure of the Postal Service."
In fact, the Postal Regulatory Commission gave the green light to the USPS-Amazon deal the same day Trump began tweeting about Amazon last week.
Trump might have a point, however, in saying the USPS could be making more money off Amazon. For example, Citigroup found that on average, USPS was charging $1.46 below market rates for parcel delivery (not just to Amazon).
Jim Sauber, chief of staff for the National Association of Letter Carriers, explained the Postal Service can offer lower prices than their private competitors because they already "go to every house, every day."
"We’re already going there to deliver mail and bills and advertising, so the marginal cost of delivering an extra package is not high, especially in the low-density areas," Sauber said.
Our ruling
Trump tweeted, "Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed."
Amazon isn’t causing the United States Postal Service to lose a fortune. In fact, it’s contributing to its biggest growth sector, package delivery. Deals like the one with Amazon brought in $7 billion in fiscal year 2017.
While we don’t know the deal USPS crafted with Amazon, we know it’s not losing money. A 2006 law codified profitability into law, and an independent regulatory commission that reviews their deals annually gave it a green light on March 29.
That said, it’s possible that the Postal Service could be charging Amazon more for package delivery and therefore get a better deal. That still doesn’t mean USPS is losing a fortune.
We rate this claim False.
NOW...why don't you go to the thread about Trump not putting tariff on clothing from China and explain. I'm sure you could do as good a job as "Fast Eddy" who slimed the poster but didn't explain anything.
NOT because of Amazon. Trump is getting back at Bezos (owner of Amazon) for dissing him. The childish puke shouldn't be garbage collector, let alone the President.
Winston
Do you feel lucky, Punk
In other words you can not argue the truth that Amazon does not offer free shipping......lol that makes those who say that they get free shipping retarded
I get free shipping though, and mostly thanks to Amazon who made things competitive
Winston
Do you feel lucky, Punk
Again the post office is operating at a loss, face it as this is trueNOT BECAUSE OF AMAZON..
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...mp-usps-postal-service-amazon-losing-fortune/
No, the Postal Service isn't losing a fortune on Amazon
By Manuela Tobias on Monday, April 2nd, 2018 at 5:53 p.m.
President Donald Trump took a swing at Amazon once more on April 2, blaming the digital retailer for the United States Postal Service’s financial woes.
"Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon," Trump tweeted. "THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed. Also, our fully tax paying retailers are closing stores all over the country...not a level playing field!"
Donald J. Trump
✔@realDonaldTrump
Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed. Also, our fully tax paying retailers are closing stores all over the country...not a level playing field!
8:35 AM - Apr 2, 2018
Twitter Ads info and privacy
We addressed the closing of retailers across the country in another Amazon-USPS tweet-inspired story last week. (Trump had a point.) But for this fact-check, we wondered whether Amazon is causing the Postal Service to "lose a fortune."
The post office is losing a fortune, but Trump is wrong to blame Amazon.
Parcels are growing the Postal Service
The Postal Service reported a net loss of $2.7 billion for 2017. It has lost $65.1 billion since 2007. Much of the red ink is attributed to a 2006 law mandating that USPS pre-fund future retirees’ health benefits.
First-class mail, the USPS’ biggest source of revenue, also continued to shrink, seeing a $1.87 billion revenue loss in fiscal year 2017.
Package delivery, however, was one of the few bright spots in its latest financial statement. In 2017, parcels brought in $19.5 billion, or 28 percent of USPS’ annual revenue. At $2.1 billion, packages contributed the largest revenue increase.
Deals with private shippers like Amazon accounted for $7 billion of the $19.5 billion in revenue. While we know that Amazon is the biggest e-commerce player, we don’t know exactly how much of the $7 billion comes from Amazon, because the details of the postal service’s deals with private shippers are considered proprietary and not made public.
A good deal?
USPS ships about 40 percent of Amazon’s packages. Amazon bulk-delivers packages to a USPS distribution center, and the Postal Service brings it to your door. USPS negotiates the discounted rate for that service with Amazon, as it does all other bulk shippers.
Those rates are kept under wraps. That said, we do know the Amazon deal is at least a break-even venture.
That’s because the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act made it illegal for USPS to price parcel delivery below its cost.
"By law our competitive package products, including those that we deliver for Amazon, must cover their costs," an August 2017 USPS press release said. "Our regulator, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), looks carefully at this question every year and has determined that they do. The PRC has also noted that competitive products help fund the infrastructure of the Postal Service."
In fact, the Postal Regulatory Commission gave the green light to the USPS-Amazon deal the same day Trump began tweeting about Amazon last week.
Trump might have a point, however, in saying the USPS could be making more money off Amazon. For example, Citigroup found that on average, USPS was charging $1.46 below market rates for parcel delivery (not just to Amazon).
Jim Sauber, chief of staff for the National Association of Letter Carriers, explained the Postal Service can offer lower prices than their private competitors because they already "go to every house, every day."
"We’re already going there to deliver mail and bills and advertising, so the marginal cost of delivering an extra package is not high, especially in the low-density areas," Sauber said.
Our ruling
Trump tweeted, "Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed."
Amazon isn’t causing the United States Postal Service to lose a fortune. In fact, it’s contributing to its biggest growth sector, package delivery. Deals like the one with Amazon brought in $7 billion in fiscal year 2017.
While we don’t know the deal USPS crafted with Amazon, we know it’s not losing money. A 2006 law codified profitability into law, and an independent regulatory commission that reviews their deals annually gave it a green light on March 29.
That said, it’s possible that the Postal Service could be charging Amazon more for package delivery and therefore get a better deal. That still doesn’t mean USPS is losing a fortune.
We rate this claim False.
NOW...why don't you go to the thread about Trump not putting tariff on clothing from China and explain. I'm sure you could do as good a job as "Fast Eddy" who slimed the poster but didn't explain anything.
Winston
Do you feel lucky, Punk
Trump is going to make the post office competitive, or close it
