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Originally Posted by emellaich
Bottom line, is that it appears that Amazon breaks-even or loses money on most of the stuff they sell. It's almost like they treat low priced stuff as marketing cost to get people to their web site. Once they have the eyeballs there, they make money by steering them to advertisers, affiliated stores, and other similar arrangements.
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You need to look around some more. They sell a LOT of stuff, and mostly at a low price, but near the same cost as from other internet vendors. If Amazon is selling this stuff for a loss, lot of others are too.