Amazon is great as long as the seller is Amazon or if it's a 3rd party seller make sure they have a lot of positive FB. Selling on AZ is my day job so I usually know what to lookout for.
I was going to get the CTR stock from Midway. I've got tons of AZ gift cards so I try to buy everything from them.
I took up their free offer of "Prime" for 1 month for the free shipping and proceeded to buy some heavy items like steel targets and a Caldwell 'Stable Table'.
All items were at my crib in 2 days and I saved lots of $ on all the shipping costs. Plus no sales tax!!
I also got the Stable Table carrying bag which had a hole near the zipper. Wrote Amz and complained, 2 days later the replacement came and I hadn't shipped the faulty one back yet.
Cheapest the Stable Table could be had was 209$ on MidwayUSA (backordered) and another $30 for shipping. Cabela's price was $254+shipping.
Amazon delivered it in 2 days for 204$, shipped. NIB.
I ordered a couple of Magpul slings. Both came in original Magpul packaging and were 15$ less than anywhere else I checked. 2 day free shipping w/Prime (which I dropped after I got all the stuff I needed). Well, wanted, anyhow.
The rifle 'gong' I bought weighs in at 60lbs and the 'body shot' reactive steel target purchased weighs about 50lbs.
Free shipping can't be beat with a stick!!