Amazon Merchant May Want To Reconsider Their Two-Day Shipping Charges

Brent was ready to order two-day shipping from Amazon merchant Electronics Expo for a set of Boston Acoustics speakers until he realized it would cost an extra $186. The speakers were only $49, and standard shipping was available for $14.99.

Brent writes:

I was looking to buy some decent computer speakers for my new apartment but im moving in a week and figured it wouldnt be much more to get 2 day shipping…..until i realized they wanted $186.81 for two day shipping. The 3 – 5 day shipping is only $14.99….call me crazy but i think ill wait.

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