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[–] johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I was buying some rolling papers. They were $10 on Amazon. I decided to check eBay, they had the same exact pack but it was $15. Decided to go with the eBay purchase to avoid Amazon. 2 days later I get an Amazon delivery. It's my rolling papers, shipped straight from Amazon with a $5 dollar markup going straight to the eBay seller. So not only did bezos still get his cut but i paid an extra $5 for the privilege.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Same thing applies to lots of stuff on Amazon. They are just things off of AliExpress marked up a lot.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

That happens from time to time. Hell, I've even had that happen two weeks ago with Newegg for a rare cable I needed.

Still though, on the whole, you can get in touch with some real brick and mortar style sellers, and often times it's cheaper. I saved like $20 on a pack of water filters for my fridge recently.