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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This is fine by me as it makes comparing prices cheaper when I’m trying to avoid Amazon. I remember once recently I tried to avoid Amazon and found some website where it was a couple of quid cheaper so I went with it. First I had to create an account, then I had to let them save my payment details, then they added tax to the item, then they added delivery, then they added tax on the delivery, then I remember some other arbitrary admin fee or something, and at the end it was nearly twice the price. So I told them to delete my account and I went with Amazon.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

I frequently have the impression that kind of behavior is just a front for harvesting data.

[–] Vinstaal0@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Living in The Netherlands means I can check out with iDeal (will become Wero) and often even without an account.

With Amazon I have to check I am on the right store to get actually normal priced shipping (3-5 euro instead of 20-30 euro). If they have something on Amazon.com I can only pay with a creditcard instead of all the normal options other versions of Amazon offer. The only thing Amazon does correct and most other North American stores don't is add the tax to the price which they are supposed to do.