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Old 12-14-11, 09:24 PM
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Oddly priced Amazon Marketplace purchase

Items Ordered Price
1 of: Planet of the Apes [DVD]
By: Mark Wahlberg, et al
Condition: Used - Like New
Sold by: STALLWORTH|INVESTMENTS LLC (seller profile)
$0.03
Amazon Prime: Standard Shipping is free


Item(s) Subtotal: $0.03
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
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Total Before Tax: $0.03
Sales Tax: $0.00
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Total for This Shipment: $0.03
Order fulfilled by Amazon.

How is it profitable for anyone to sell and ship a DVD for 3 cents?
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Re: Oddly priced Amazon Marketplace purchase

don't know. used to order from steelhead and got volumes of anime for .01
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Re: Oddly priced Amazon Marketplace purchase

Planet of the Apes [DVD]
By: Mark Wahlberg, et al


Mystery solved.
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Re: Oddly priced Amazon Marketplace purchase

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
Planet of the Apes [DVD]
By: Mark Wahlberg, et al


Mystery solved.
are you kidding

better than steaming pile just released
Old 12-16-11, 08:54 AM
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Re: Oddly priced Amazon Marketplace purchase

Originally Posted by SkullOrchard
Order fulfilled by Amazon.

How is it profitable for anyone to sell and ship a DVD for 3 cents?
I think is a combination of volume and transaction amounts for sellers that deal in massive sales.
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Re: Oddly priced Amazon Marketplace purchase

Originally Posted by SkullOrchard
Order fulfilled by Amazon.

How is it profitable for anyone to sell and ship a DVD for 3 cents?
Because you play fast and loose with the math.

Your shipping is paid by Amazon prime, but THEY get the shipping reimbursement. So they are making a bit that way.

But not much.
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Re: Oddly priced Amazon Marketplace purchase

maybe there is some tax benefit or a scam like the Producers, where you lose money to make money.

I blame Obama. He is probably mailing out the DVDs personally from Camp David, on the taxpayers' penny.
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Re: Oddly priced Amazon Marketplace purchase

Maybe Mark Wahlberg is selling his free copies.
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Re: Oddly priced Amazon Marketplace purchase

http://www.bookthink.com/0055/55pen1.htm

this explains a bit how it works.

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Re: Oddly priced Amazon Marketplace purchase

Originally Posted by Larry C.
Maybe Mark Wahlberg is selling his free copies.
He should bundle it with THE HAPPENING. Now that's a double feature!
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Re: Oddly priced Amazon Marketplace purchase

Originally Posted by BuddhaWake
http://www.bookthink.com/0055/55pen1.htm

this explains a bit how it works.
Interesting, thanks for posting! I assume it was meth heads , honestly!

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