MarketWatch wanted to know how many 1,000+lb items in Amazon's database qualified for free Prime shipping. A lot, it turns out, including a 1,672 lb gun-safe (via Consumerist)

  • http://twitter.com/RagingRoosevelt Theodore S Lindsey

    Imagine if you had to return it do to some problem with the product.  Amazon nearly always foots the bill in such cases.  That’s >$2000 on a lost sale.  Also, if it isn’t showing up for you, check the other sellers page.

  • retrojoe

    While it says “PRIME” these safes are typically shipped directly from the manufacturer and the shipping is often built into the price. So I don’t know that this qualifies.

    • Cory Doctorow

      The FA describes the fact that there is no discount — it’s cheaper to buy this from AMZN (with free shipping) than from the mfgr itself.

  • qousqous

    I had 72 pounds of salt sent to a friend a couple years ago with the free super saver shipping. The product cost less than $35, so I can’t imagine they made any money after shipping costs. As I remember, it was cheaper to buy 72 lb than only 36 lb (under the $25 threshold) and have to pay for shipping.

    • waetherman

      You must really like your friend. And your friend must really like salt.

      • Donald Petersen

        Don’t be too sure.  His “friend” may have been a disturbingly large gastropod.

      • qousqous

        What can I say? I’m pretty generous. And sometimes that generosity manifests as salt.

  • Mister44

    Wow – that is a big ass safe. I hope they do more than just deliver it – but park it in the house where you plan to keep it. I remember my dad telling me he almost killed himself getting his into position in the basement – and it is less than half the size of this larger one.

  • Kaleberg

    I’ve bought several lawnmowers – one electric and two gas powered – from Amazon and gotten two day shipping bundled in the price. It’s awfully convenient. We drive a Honda Civic so we’d have to get them delivered if we bought them locally, and the local retailers don’t deliver. They assume you own a pickup truck or the like.

  • phil hochstetler

    Home depot has the same save for several hundred dollars cheaper (and free shipping as well):

    http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=202962927&storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053

    • nicholas1987

       But not 2-day shipping.

  • James Penrose

    There should be delivery details on the listing.  Often this is curbside/tailgate only only.  You want it anywhere else, it costs extra but it’s still cool if you have the capacity to handle it once delivered.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XZ52QVFPVTBWHIZSXKZLWCAB3I Ang

    And yet if you buy a single $24.99 item it won’t waive the shipping fee over a measly penny. I spent more than a penny’s worth of time typing this.