Amazon is increasing the minimum order for free delivery to $150

Accord­ing to the announce­ment, if Ama­zon did­n’t charge for ship­ping, it could raise gro­cery prices.

But the real­i­ty is that cus­tomers will pay more anyway—many peo­ple can’t afford the $150 min­i­mum these days, and those who can’t may not be able to use up every­thing they pur­chased before it spoils or becomes obsolete.

Ama­zon has already begun email­ing cus­tomers about the new ser­vice fee, with some social media users point­ing out how out­ra­geous the price increase for free ship­ping is.

To get free ship­ping through Ama­zon Fresh, Prime mem­bers must spend at least $150 worth of gro­ceries start­ing Tues­day, Feb. 28, the com­pa­ny explained to cus­tomers via email on Friday.

Oth­er­wise, “orders $100-$150 will cost $3.95, orders $50-$100 will cost $6.95, and orders under $50 will cost $9.95,” Ama­zon says.