This could be a strong incentive for decentralized factories
People's irrational dislike of shipping charges seems so powerful that it would be worth thinking about what new things it could drive.
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3D printing at the last mile. Customer orders something, then the manufacturer sends a 1 use key to the 3rd party to print it, then they build and deliver within 2 days.
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Something like Amazon Prime?
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big brain moment
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People like simple things, additional shipping charges complicate things.
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Fees in general, I'd say
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Shipping needs to be free without raising item prices.
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I don't blink at shipping charges from B2B distributors, but for retail products with an MSRP (i.e. imperfect competition), it subjectively "feels" like seller's overhead savings from not having a store should pay for the shipping
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Is it an irrational dislike of shipping charges, or a rational dislike of true price obfuscation?
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This is right. Also seems like sales tax in the US feels closer to true price than an included value added tax some other countries use
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