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pking36330 · 12-17-2009, 09:19 AM

I placed an order on Amazon for several small items as stocking stuffers and requested the 'Ship Together' option with 'Standard Shipping'.

After the order confirmation email I get an email indicating that one item I ordered wasn't in stock after all (even though their web page shows it as in stock) and the item wouldn't ship until January. OK, no biggie.

I then got an email that one of the items had shipped ($3.96 shipping), and the other was shipping the next day.

Today I get an email indicating that the remaining item (four sets of earbud clips that cost $0.99 each) shipped and they are charging me $19.96 to ship these four items that weigh less than a half ounce a piece. 'Standard shipping' my tail feathers!

I've already fussed in an email, and if they don't adjust the shipping charge to something more reasonable, it'll be the very last order I ever make with Amazon. I guess they get enough people who don't read their invoice they routinely get away with this. Amazing.

12-17-2009, 09:19 AM	#1
pking36330 FT Parent PT Reader Posts: 322 Karma: 187838 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Alabama Device: Shocked by how much I've read on an iPod Touch received as a gift!	Amazon Gouges on Shipping I placed an order on Amazon for several small items as stocking stuffers and requested the 'Ship Together' option with 'Standard Shipping'. After the order confirmation email I get an email indicating that one item I ordered wasn't in stock after all (even though their web page shows it as in stock) and the item wouldn't ship until January. OK, no biggie. I then got an email that one of the items had shipped ($3.96 shipping), and the other was shipping the next day. Today I get an email indicating that the remaining item (four sets of earbud clips that cost $0.99 each) shipped and they are charging me $19.96 to ship these four items that weigh less than a half ounce a piece. 'Standard shipping' my tail feathers! I've already fussed in an email, and if they don't adjust the shipping charge to something more reasonable, it'll be the very last order I ever make with Amazon. I guess they get enough people who don't read their invoice they routinely get away with this. Amazing.