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wantreprenr007 on Feb 22, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon Free Shipping minimum is now $49

Now that Amazon has a de-facto monopoly on distribution and fulfillment with around a billion skus that rivals the likes of WalMart, it's no surprise prices begin endlessly ratcheting up.

sokoloff on Feb 22, 2016 [–]

Monopoly is a very/overly strong word for what Amazon has (even when qualified as "de-facto").

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