[EpiphanyMachine]

I can confirm this. It is an item for $0.01 with free shipping. Once you add it to your cart and go to checkout it adds $10 in shipping fees.

I got a generic response from support about sellers setting their own prices. I do not know if the "concern team" will actually look into this or get back to me but my question is being sent to them.

I will no longer be using 1-click ordering until I know this issue is resolved.

This seems at best a very bad bug / loophole for sellers to exploit or at worst a deceptive scam to steal from people. I hope Amazon takes this seriously and fixes it.

[Buge]

Also doing a 1 click purchase purchases it for $0.01 + $9.80 shipping, but the $9.80 shipping never shows up on the product page, during the purchase, or on the purchase completed page. You only see the $9.81 if you navigate to your purchase history and see it there.

[HEHENE]

I experienced the same thing. Here is my chat transcript:

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Me: I placed a 1­Click order and was charged more than the advertised price.

Prashant: Hi, I’m Prashant, I’ll be glad to help you from here

Prashant: May I've the last four digits of the order ID?

Me: 5844 For the Scalpmaster Shampoo Brush

Prashant: I see the item is being sold and shipped by a third party seller HEHENE who is charging

Me: The listing said “$0.01 & FREE Shipping” but I was charged $9.81

Prashant: $9.80 as shipping and handling.

Me: But the listing says “FREE Shipping” specifically

Prashant: Let me quickly check this for you.

Prashant: In this case, what best we can do is to refund the shipping and charges once the item is delivered.

Me: Ok, because I feel like this is false advertising. I clicked the “buy with one click” button expecting to be charged exactly what was shown (“$0.01 & FREE Shipping) but I was not.

Me: So you’re saying I should file a complaint once it shows up?

Prashant: I certainly understand your concern.

Prashant: You just need to contact us here and we will refund the shipping charges.

Me: Haven’t I just contacted you?

Prashant: We can refund the amount once the item is delivered.

[Something1234]

That sounds like a robot or a person on a very tightly controlled chat script. Both are bad choices.

[dvfjsdhgfv]

I'm very sad to hear this. This is what we became. Instead of human-to-human communication we have people forced to say illogical things/forbidden (and often unable) to actually solve problems. What a mess.

[mnm1]

So Amazon is knowingly part of this scam. That does indeed explain a lot. They should be prosecuted for fraud, especially given that they've been alerted to the scam and have done nothing to stop it (and therefore are knowingly complicit). Amazon's a very scummy company. They don't hesitate to close accounts for no reason and keep the prime membership payments. It's not surprising to me to see evidence of outright fraud intentionally perpetrated by then too deceive customers. They might refund the few customers who notice and name a ton of money off the ones who don't.