This is the shit U.S. independent Amazon sellers put up with because Jeff Bezos is a disgusting pig.
Product cost (music CD): $3
Product sell price: $9.79
Amazon ship reimbursement: $3.99
Actual shipping charges: -$4.26
AMAZON FEE: -$4.86
My total profit: $1.66
This is felony level usury. Every f--king day.
Now that the GOP has destroyed the Democrats and taken over the system forever (all the Dems are going to do from here is move further to the right, not the left), we need to reject that system even harder and organize better to create a more sane one through things like mutual aid, value-driven worker-owned businesses, communal living, retirement homes that double as childcare facilities, participation in worldwide barter systems, etc. It's time to just say no.
You know, it's no wonder so many people are vaguely anxious these days, given the fact that we're in this bizarre era of "rentier capitalism" when everyone's bank and credit card accounts have zillions of companies plugged into them, sucking out monthly subscription fees and all that, all while there are literally thousands of techies who could figure out how to hack those systems and take all our money if they made any effort. We're really lucky they haven't yet.
NEW BOOK "My Year in the Online Left," a book on leftist solidarity out June 10th.
Wrote RUSSIAN NAZI TROLL BOTS, a book about right-wing trolling.