[chrisseaton]

> If a delivery company charges me 70 dollars to deliver a flat screen tv that's fine, but if they charge me 70 dollars but also markup the price of the TV 25% I'd consider that pretty dishonest and would at least want to know that I have the option to save 25% by managing delivery on my own.

...but this is exactly how other industries already work and everyone's fine with it!

When you buy a TV from Amazon they both mark it up and also charge you delivery!

And they didn't give you the option to save by managing delivery on your own!

Why don't you get mad at Amazon for marking up products as well as charging delivery?

[root_axis]

Amazon is a marketplace not a delivery service. It is expected that you might pay different prices in different marketplaces, it's not expected that a delivery service would charge you a delivery fee and a markup on the cost of the product that you're buying - that is not normal.