Warning: Got tricked by a 'free shipping' code that actually cost me more

I grabbed a 15% off coupon for a camping chair last week, only to realize the 'free shipping' code I also tried to stack was actually fake. The site just bumped the base price by $8 to cover it. Has anyone else caught a store doing that sneaky price padding thing?

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verac403d ago

Started off thinking I was being paranoid about this stuff, but then it happened to me with a backpack I bought last month. The site had a pop-up for free shipping when you spend $50, so I tossed an extra water bottle in my cart to hit that mark. Turned out the bottle was marked up $4.50 compared to another store, so I basically paid for that free shipping myself. Makes you really look twice at those deals now.

davis.dakota3d ago

And that's exactly how they get you. The free shipping threshold is just a trick to upsell you something you didn't even need in the first place. Always feels like you're saving, but really you're just spending more.