Chocolate Bars Bought Through Amazon Prime

The other day I was having a conversation with a friend about Amazon Prime deliveries.

The conversation focused on what was the least expensive item purchased. For me it was buying a cable for my cell phone, the cost was $8.50 including taxes and delivery, the purchase was made on a saturday at 2:00pm and the item was delivered the next day, less than 24 hours later.

At that point I thought it would be hard to beat that low price but my friend Marta told me she bought a Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate par for $2.33 (plus taxes but including delivery). Marta is a single mom, works from home and her daughter was home from school with a cold so she could not go out to the store to feed her chocolate fever.  She bought the chocolate bar on day 1 and like me, less than 24 hours later the item was delivered.

This might be a loss leader for Amazon,  they  might be hoping people will buy more than one little chocolate bar, maybe a toaster or some other item and include the chocolate bar in the box. In this instance Marta only wanted the chocolate bar and that is all she got.

This is something I am tempted to try but trust that it would happen as I see they are selling that same chocolate bar for $2.78 today and it offers one day delivery. Now here is the interesting part. On the same day Marta ordered the chocolate bar for $2.33 it was selling at Shoppers Drug Mart for just under $4.00