# Is this a new Amazon thing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-amazon-thing/726014>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 24, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-amazon-thing/726014 "2015-07-24T00:45:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-amazon-thing/726014/21 "2015-07-30T00:42:16Z")

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I get my money back from Prime every Christmas. The amount of stuff I order for gifts, house stuff, decorations, whatever… all free shipping. Fast Free Shipping. Works for me. And then the movies are an extra bonus.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-amazon-thing/726014/22 "2015-07-31T03:42:16Z")

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I noticed this as well just the other day. Nothing special, just a cheap laptop case. I have Prime (don’t pay for it, you can share it with another - but you don’t get the video etc. content). But I had to order this through a work account, so I had to tell the person to try another brand of case. Interestingly, “Amazon Basics” brand did not have this restriction.

A couple of years ago(?) they also brought out “Add-on Items.” Usually cheap stuff that you had to bundle with a regular item before they’d ship it.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-amazon-thing/726014/23 "2015-07-31T15:14:21Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> A couple of years ago(?) they also brought out “Add-on Items.” Usually cheap stuff that you had to bundle with a regular item before they’d ship it.

And that bar is surprisingly low. I frequently buy $5-10 items that come with two-day shipping. Add-On items are… erratic in that respect. I assume it has something to do with weight and net shipping cost, and some axis of profit/market drive.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-new-amazon-thing/726014/24 "2015-07-31T17:24:15Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> And that bar is surprisingly low. I frequently buy $5-10 items that come with two-day shipping. Add-On items are… erratic in that respect. I assume it has something to do with weight and net shipping cost, and some axis of profit/market drive.

There’s also [this website](http://www.filleritem.com/), where you can find cheap items under a specified price needed to meet the $35 Super Saver minimum, if that applies to you. I suppose it could also work for Add-ons as well.

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