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After looking over some of the discounts in the 90% or more categories (see this post) and sorting items by price from low to high, I go to wondering. I saw an awful lot of one cent items for sale, does Amazon have a policy that limits the number of $0.01 items you can buy at one time? For instance, if I were buying a product that qualified for the free “super saver” shipping and I was only $2.00 shy of the $25.00 required to ship it for free, could I buy 200, 1¢ items to round out the order?

After reviewing the “Fine Print” under the Super Saver Shipping information, the answer seems to be a no. But not a straight forward no:

“If you qualify for FREE Super Saver Shipping but your order also contains one or more ineligible items, you’ll be charged shipping fees for those ineligible items.”

So, unless you can find 1¢ items that qualify for the Super Saver Shipping, then I guess you’d have to pay for the shipping on those items. That could add up. Then again, if you’ve just got to have that Andy Griffith Show DVD, then I guess you wouldn’t mind!

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