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Important: the seller is different. When logged in, the seller is Amazon.com. When logged out, the seller is SHOEBACCA (which does not appear to use Amazon for fulfillment).

If you are logged in and click to see all New & Used options, you can select the SHOEBACCA variant at that price.

My guess is that when you're logged in as a Prime member, Amazon defaults to variants that are fulfilled by Amazon so they can guarantee Prime shipping times.

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I'm seeing the same thing as you. Interesting that Prime members are shown worse pricing by default, for slightly faster shipping. There is the usual caveat, hidden among a forest of other links, that the item "May be available at a lower price from other sellers, potentially without free Prime shipping."

In this case, the shipping is free either way, and the delivery date is similar for both (12/13 versus 12/14-16)

It is a little fishy that Amazon isn’t an available seller when you’re logged out. Makes me think they are doing that in name only and assuming the risk and the shipping for the premium. Wonder if other products are like this.

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