Comment Boycott Amazon! (not because of this) (Score 5, Insightful) 34
Yes. If you are a seller who wants to be in their recommendations, you must not offer your product at a lower price anywhere else AND you have to spend a lot of money promoting your product on Amazon (on average 25-30% of the product price).
That means you have to pay more because of Amazon, regardless of where you buy the product.
And when you do buy at Amazon, Amazon takes the lions share of the profit.
Amazon also has extremely unfair labor practices.
Boycott Amazon.
Also beware of dropship re-sellers: when you buy from them, they will turn around and have Amazon ship it to you, pocketing the difference and you end up having spent more money and bought from Amazon anyway. Depending on what you are buying, buy local or buy directly from the manufacturer when possible.