I really get a kick out some of the Web sites out there. Knowing that the number one reason people leave one Web site for another is to find free shipping, many web retailers are padding the prices of the merchandise itself to make up for what they claim to be offering us for "free". The bottom line, it that their customers actually end up paying more.
One good example is a shoe I just listed on zoeybloom.net. The shoe is by Beverly Feldman and it is called the Barcelona. Just for kicks, I Googled it to see who else was selling it on line as I often do. I found many sites selling the same item for $20 more than us and half of them offered "Free Shipping". Hey, wake up people, we offer free shipping on regular priced merchandise right now too but even when we do not have the free shipping special going on, the ground shipping would only come to $12 for this shoe; it still nets $8 less which will buy you lunch in a lot of places! In this case, it was Amazon but sites like the incredibly popular Zappos pads their base prices with consistency.
Bottom line: Be sure to watch the base prices too if you have this thing about only buying from sites with "Free Shipping" Sometimes it is a hoax! Buyer Beware!
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