Amazon Shopper Issues Warning After Being Hit With £32 Fee On 'bargain' Product

 One client said she set up cheap Cad bury chocolate on Amazon, reduced to 41p- but was put off when she saw how preciousthe shipping freights were when she came to order

Shoppers have been prompted to read the small print after being hit with huge delivery freights(
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Amazon shoppers panel are being prompted to check the small- print of anything they order online after being hit by unanticipateddelivery costs.

One client said she was left affrighted when chancing cheap Cadbury chocolate on the retail mammoth's website-only to spot how precious the shipping freights were.

Heather Teece went to buy a bar of Cadbury chocolate, which had been reduced from£3.49 to 41p, to find that the price of postage was an unthinkable£31.99.

Heather claims the postage appeared to be free for one bar.
But, when she added another bar to meet the minimal order demand, the postage changed.

A bar of Cadbury chocolate was reduced from£3.49 to 41p but delivery was£ 32(
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People have been left out of fund when they realised how important they had paid for postage, reports Manchester Evening News.

Heather told the Extreme Couponing and Bargains Facebook group" Got really agitated when I saw the price of the big barsof dairy milk on Amazon. It was minimal 2 steal. Look what shipping jumped to."

Amazon has thousands of particulars on offer, numerous of which are available via Prime.

The retailer itself isn't responsible for the prices its third party merchandisers charge, but does have systems in place to tryand help this from passing.

The chocolate bar Heather spotted has now been removed.

numerous shoppers participated their own analogous stories on the original Facebook post that Heather published.

Jennie Halligan said" I got caught out by this too but with some fabric quieter. It said high delivery but latterly it was£ 50 delivery.

" I ’ve transferred it back for a refund and complained but it bring me£ 13 to shoot it back."

Rebecca Henry wrote" There’s been loads of 41p particulars this week with31.99 postage."

Laura Overton replied" I had this with some deodorant. 41p rather of£ 4 but you demanded to buy two. also when you wentto check out postage jumped to£29.99."

Becky Smith said" They did this with se body spray I was looking for. On my account its was showing 41p a drum( spend somuch further to get free delivery).

" Tried it on high, was available on high and stated free delivery until my pater went to check out and they asked for35.99 postage. Luckily he noticed before copping so obviously we noway bothered."

Lily- Rose Jenkins said" What the factual f * CK. How can they get down with that?? Imagine if you did not notice the shipping cost."

CatherineO'leary said" They ’ve been doing this with so numerous particulars lately! I spoke to client service and they justsaid it’s a 3rd party dealer so nothing they can do. surely mischievous!"

One person advised that the website eBay were known for having analogous small- print catches.

Gaz Bartlett said" It's relatively easy really, people on eBay do it too. It's so Amazon eBay do not take a big chance of profit. As they do not charge anything from the delivery cost just the product price.

" That is why you will see stuff dealing on eBay for 1p- 99p with high delivery cost. ”

An Amazon prophet said “ We work hard every day to give guests with low prices, vast selection, and fast delivery. merchandisers set their own product prices in our store and we've programs to help insure merchandisers are pricing their products competitively, including shipping costs.

" We laboriously cover our store and remove offers that violate our programs. ”