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I have a huge problem buying a battery from Amazon. The problem is, the battery is not sold directly by Amazon but goes through other vendors. They offer "free shipping" So far so good. I put the battery in my shopping cart. Amazon tries to upsell me to prime, I decline. Then I notice my shopping cart goes to $0.00 and there's a gift card for the exact amount of the purchase so my total is $0.00. I suspect there is some foul play here. So I call Amazon support to find out how to buy the battery normally. They tell me because it's sold by a 3rd party, their shopping cart forces me to agree to prime membership. The problem is I didn't agree to do that. I always declined. The shopping cart never mentions by placing this order for $0.00 I'm agreeing to sign up for prime. To make matters worse, the battery isn’t available directly from Amazon, only 3rd party sellers.

I suspect this happens only for items that are only sold by 3rd party vendors so they can offer "free shipping"

To be clear, I never finished the order. I'm going to source this battery from someone else.

I have a huge problem buying a battery from Amazon. The problem is, the battery is not sold directly by Amazon but goes through other vendors. They offer "free shipping" So far so good. I put the battery in my shopping cart. Amazon tries to upsell me to prime, I decline. Then I notice my shopping cart goes to $0.00 and there's a gift card for the exact amount of the purchase so my total is $0.00. I suspect there is some foul play here. So I call Amazon support to find out how to buy the battery normally. They tell me because it's sold by a 3rd party, their shopping cart forces me to agree to prime membership. The problem is I didn't agree to do that. I always declined. The shopping cart never mentions by placing this order for $0.00 I'm agreeing to sign up for prime. To make matters worse, the battery isn’t available directly from Amazon, only 3rd party sellers. I suspect this happens only for items that are only sold by 3rd party vendors so they can offer "free shipping" To be clear, I never finished the order. I'm going to source this battery from someone else.

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Yeah you have to be really careful paying for stuff on amazon because they sneak in the prime membership like every other line. It's very carefully designed to catch you up.

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Its best to just avoid Amazon whenever possible.

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Yea. I do try to avoid it, but sometimes it's difficult.