They could also just tell you &quot;the items you want to buy cost $X for shipping&quot; where X just happens to drop to 0 under certain circumstances. This is what everyone except Amazon does. Charging for shipping is entirely understandable. I too love free shipping, but it&#x27;s actually us that have been spoiled by Amazon.<p>And with Amazon&#x27;s low prices and 5% cashback I&#x27;m pretty sure even if they started charging for shipping that it would be still cheaper than anywhere else ...