Does anyone else feel restricted because of shipping fees?
I know that many of us have ditched Amazon, but it’s hard to ignore their free shipping policy.
When you’re looking for Canadian products sold by Canadian companies, and have to pay $10-$20 extra for shipping because it’s not available locally, it’s like a premium on top of a premium.
And yes, some places offer free shipping past a certain amount (usually well over $100), which just incentivizes buying extra stuff you don’t need.
I mean, shit, you can get products shipped from China for free, so why can’t we offer free or very low cost shipping within Canada (via Government incentives)?
Does anyone have any tips to ease this pain point?
Regardless of how Amazon is doing it, I’m sure many people simply buy from them because of the free shipping. When I was using them for grocery items, they’d list products for less than local + they’d deliver it free the same or next day. It’s very hard to beat that, but I’m trying.
I’m trying to take advantage of any “free shipping” being offered by Canadian businesses out of town or out of the province. But if I only need $20-30 worth of a food item, it kills me to have to pay almost as much to ship it.
I’m seeing this being even more of an issue when I’m looking at supporting farmers who don’t sell their products locally, but they also aren’t set up to be shipping cheaply, either.