consumer koans

Hurry To Best Buy For Free Nonexistent Shipping

Hurry To Best Buy For Free Nonexistent Shipping

The game Tony Hawk: Shred is marked down to $9.99 from $29.99 at Best Buy, with free shipping. Fantastic deal, and Yero went to check it out. Then he noticed something odd: shipping is free, but this item cannot be shipped. Is something that doesn’t exist inherently free, or does not existing at all mean that it can have no cost? [More]