The email puts a positive spin on it (that trick prices will be reduced - I don't GIF about trick prices)As simple as it sounds, a low $5 flat-rate shipping fee, with free shipping on orders over $100 changes the whole equation (Outside the USA a $10 flat-rate shipping fee and free shipping on orders over $100).
I will/generally did have $100 orders anyway but it is a sad
if not understandable developmentI think that 'now has to be' should have read 'had to be'We've determined that Free Shipping has created inflation in magic trick prices across the whole industry. Especially in the lower priced ones. What used to be a $10 magic trick now has to be a $15 magic trick, because shipping costs at minimum $4.50 for a parcel in the US, and much more internationally. You're essentially paying for shipping by having it added to the price for you. What if you buy 2-3 of these inflated items? Well, then you're paying for shipping 2-3 times!
The worst category is playing cards. Nobody wants to sell you a $5 deck of cards anymore it seems. Well, we do!
They are pretty much saying that shipping was built into every product/deck (we sort of knew it had to be) but now with a Shipping Charge you would think that we should expect the price of every deck to come down by at least $4.50 (That's if they are really doing it for our benefit)
I wonder whether Vanishing will follow suit or become the preferred playing card reseller for many (Internationals)
