Cars, even. I think they're returning to reality, but sheesh used car prices have been silly.

Although I'm not understanding the $70 because you can ship an "extra small" 8x6x2" box anywhere within the US for a flat rate of $10.85.

https://www.ups.com/us/en/supp...

The same people paying for the gas/diesel transportation, storage, and distribution stations?

Do you think pioneers just find giant underground fuel tanks and wild-grown gas pumps naturally sprouting along highways?

Of course I would have got 2% back using my normal cashback card anywhere, so the Prime is really only netting me 3/5 of that $225.

I'm actually a bit surprised they've managed to get heavy items like laundry detergent to a competitive price when drop shipped.

All I can figure is, the heavy stuff at the store still has to be delivered to the store by somebody. And then stocked on the shelf. Automation seems to have drastically reduced the premium for shipping things individually (to your house) instead of in bulk (to the store).

My general perception is that shipping is incredibly cheaper and faster than it was 30 years ago. I guess it's mostly due to automation in logistics (tracking and routing), but really it is hugely improved. As a kid I'd mail order things and they'd say "allow 2-4 weeks for shipping."

It helps to buy the postage online for some reason. I recently shipped a fairly large 20 lb package by UPS ground to another state and it was only $19, vs. a quote from the counter at USPS for like $60 or $70.

âoeThe only thing we have to fear is fear itself.â

What about non-ASCII letters in your name?

Such as?

(This is a trick question on a slashcode-powered forum)

It's true. The last time I upgraded ram in a laptop was a Toshiba Satellite Pro back in like 1999.

Otherwise, we just, you know, spec the initial laptop purchase properly.