Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ‘free shipping’
I have been a Prime member for many years.  I've noticed that while I used to get everything in 2 days or less, now, even after the virus thing is waning, a lot of stuff is taking 4-5 days, though it still says it is Amazon Prime shipping.I think this is also due to cementing their monopoly power.  Now that everyone is addicted to Amazon, myself included, they can use lower-cost shipping whenever they want and don't have to ship everything in 2 days, thus increase their margins.