BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: Songwronger
Date: 23 Oct 13 - 11:10 PM

It's the future. In Apple's sweatshop Chinese factories they install suicide nets. I think the Foxconn factory described below was where they cranked out iphones to meet America's Christmas demand last year. Bunch of suicides after 24-hour shifts, so they installed suicide nets to catch the jumpers:

http://www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/2012-03-30/inside-apple-s-foxconn-factory.html#slide9

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: YorkshireYankee
Date: 23 Oct 13 - 08:23 PM

Wow... really sobering, horrifying reading.

And it's not just Amazon - it's most (prolly all) of the major online sellers, so refusing to patronize one - or even half a dozen - companies isn't going to have any impact. Makes me not want to order anything online any more...

What's really needed is a campaign for basic humane work standards - like there were/are for dolphin-free tuna, and fair trade coffee and chocolate, etc.

Wow, again. I'm truly appalled.

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: Andrez
Date: 23 Oct 13 - 06:05 PM

Yep Thompson, thats what I call slavery. Its the last time I buy anything from Amazon. So much for all the mythology about the land of the free.

Cheers,

Andrez

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: GUEST,Peter
Date: 23 Oct 13 - 05:14 PM

Amazon UK shipping options here

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Oct 13 - 08:37 AM

is it still free in the UK? If so soon wont be with privatisation of Post Office!

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Oct 13 - 04:29 AM

I am closer to agreeing with Ding-Dong than I have ever been.

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: Thompson
Date: 23 Oct 13 - 03:23 AM

Depends on what you think of as slavery

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-free-online-shipping-warehouses-labor

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 23 Oct 13 - 01:19 AM

No, it doesn't. But it has a hard-working no excuses sort of setup that tends to burn out people. Glassdoor.com reviews Amazon.

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: Songwronger
Date: 22 Oct 13 - 10:54 PM

Amazon enforces slave labor conditions at its shipping centers. Price of slaves must be going up.

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Oct 13 - 08:26 PM

I'm considering adding Amazon Prime, not so much for the shipping (I also let stuff pile up until I have enough for free shipping) but because of the streaming video they offer. I'm comparing a couple of sites before I decide for sure, but I use Amazon enough that I would get my money's worth.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: Elmore
Date: 22 Oct 13 - 08:11 PM

We buy so much from Amazon; cat litter, Thomas Hardy, TP, Trollope, kitty treats, Dickens, razor blades, that I believe we will continue to get free shipping.

Subject: RE: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: Bettynh
Date: 22 Oct 13 - 01:13 PM

Forgot to mention - I'm in the USA. Other shoppers might want to check, though.

Subject: BS: Amazon changed free shipping rule
From: Bettynh
Date: 22 Oct 13 - 01:10 PM

I was looking around Amazon today and noticed that the free shipping is only available now for orders of $35, not the previous $25. There's a discussion here. I found the item I wanted offered for free shipping by the seller (listed on Amazon, but not shipped by Amazon). Other things will sit in my wish list until I can put an order together over $35.