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New shipping charges at Amazon

Has anybody noticed that Amazon vendors are now charging $3.98 for shipping? It's been $2.98 up until now with no discount for multiple items, so they were already making money on the shipping.
I buy used CDs and these vendors have been my number one resource for years backed by the Amazon guarantee. I just bought 4 CDs for $15.00 and the shipping charge was $15.92.

So does anybody have a favorite site to buy used? (In US with return policy). What about discogs for used?
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mofimadness
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goHastings is pretty good. They only charge .96 per item
shipping. I have bought a ton of stuff from them on the
Amazon Marketplace, but now just buy direct from them.

I also saw the shipping price increase on the Amazon
Marketplace. The old $2.98 was fine for CDs, but I think the
LP and DVD sellers were angry. Amazon needs to breakout the
CDs from the rest of the items instead of grouping them all
together.
harri009
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The gohastings 98c shipping is only a special they run every so often.
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mofimadness
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Harri009...This is taken from their website under the
Shipping Information tab:

"The shipping charge for Movies, Music and Video Games
is based on a "Per Product" flat fee. (i.e.
shipping charges for 3 movies would be $2.88)"

I have ordered numerous times and have only been charged the
.96 flat fee per item. I even ordered a few LPs and was
only charged the .96 flat fee. Maybe I just got lucky.

I actually just went on their site and added a few CDs to my
cart and sure enough .96 per item shipping. I really think
it's their normal charge.
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tomcy6
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According to Amazon's FAQ they charge $2.99 per order and $.99 per item. So if you buy more than one cd, dvd, etc. from the same seller the shipping charge will be lower, $4.97 for two items, for example. Buying one item will be more, $3.98. That's how I read it anyway.
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