re: geography. Yes, I meant considering the parallel situation in the UK with Amazon.co.uk.
re: making accounts, it takes time; if pricing is comparable then using your established account is usually quicker. Yes that's "laziness" if you like; I prefer to consider it consideration of the value of time.
However SparkFun, which aren't even in the list - despite it saying "by sparkfun" in the product header [what's with that?] do sell that item at a lower price from their own website. Digi, the manufacturers, don't appear to sell it at all.
With your jewelrydisplaysandboxes.com I tried ordering 4 from their website and the subtotal with shipping (to mainland USA) + taxes comes to $10.77. That's more than the vastly inflated Amazon price!
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I never said you couldn't find things cheaper elsewhere, just that IME the _sellers_ external price was pretty close to the Amazon price for things I'd looked at buying. We're one-all on your examples. I suspect niche products probably have more Amazon markup?
Looking at top sellers in Home & Kitchen (http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/home-garden) for example NutriBullet sells at $69.99 whilst it's 6 x $19.99 + $39.50 on their own website ... that's probably a special case. The top 2 items in that dept. weren't available via the sellers own site.
re: making accounts, it takes time; if pricing is comparable then using your established account is usually quicker. Yes that's "laziness" if you like; I prefer to consider it consideration of the value of time.
Your examples:
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Canakit sell the item for $57.60 + $12.95 shipping on their website: http://www.canakit.com/xbee-pro-50mw-series-2-5-wire-antenna.... On Amazon it's $57.95 + $15 shipping ... which is $2.40 more.
However SparkFun, which aren't even in the list - despite it saying "by sparkfun" in the product header [what's with that?] do sell that item at a lower price from their own website. Digi, the manufacturers, don't appear to sell it at all.
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Cotton finger guards are a pack of 4 .. but still vastly over-priced. Amazon.com has http://www.amazon.com/Protective-Static-Fabric-Fingertips-Gl... at 100 for $5 (5ยข each) but it's an add-on item.
With your jewelrydisplaysandboxes.com I tried ordering 4 from their website and the subtotal with shipping (to mainland USA) + taxes comes to $10.77. That's more than the vastly inflated Amazon price!
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I never said you couldn't find things cheaper elsewhere, just that IME the _sellers_ external price was pretty close to the Amazon price for things I'd looked at buying. We're one-all on your examples. I suspect niche products probably have more Amazon markup?
Looking at top sellers in Home & Kitchen (http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/home-garden) for example NutriBullet sells at $69.99 whilst it's 6 x $19.99 + $39.50 on their own website ... that's probably a special case. The top 2 items in that dept. weren't available via the sellers own site.