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by patrickg_zill 3010 days ago
I think that the price to the vendor of FBA was not taken into account.

It does not take much research to figure out what Amazon is charging the vendors for Prime under FBA. You can look at the rates for Fulfillment by Amazon online. Remember that Amazon doesn't pay for shipping to their warehouse.

For instance, an $18,1 kg roll of 3d printer filament shipped via FBA nets Amazon about $8 by my calculations. Yes it has to be shipped and fulfilled, which involves taking it off the shelf and adding a shipping label. What are Amazon's costs for shipping/delivering 1kg small packages? Far less than $8.