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SergeStorms

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35. If people knew.....

Reply to mdbl (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 04:41 PM

Feb 5

how many more internet "stores" sell the same goods cheaper than on Amazon, maybe they'd change their minds.
They just don't shop comparatively and assume everything is cheaper on Amazon. It certainly isn't and their "free shipping" is costing them a bundle.

And Bezos gets to buy the government and destroy the free press in the process.

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