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What Happened to Amazon Prime 2-Day Shipping?

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Re: What Happened to Amazon Prime 2-Day Shipping?

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Post by PaulHoule »

Amazon is slipping. They can't get me anything in Central NY in two days.

Other retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart frequently get me packages in one or two days. I even ordered a box of minidiscs on Ebay from Japan and got them in less than a week.

Everybody else is getting faster but AMZN is getting slower.

I just canceled the renewal of my Prime subscription, you should too.

Re: What Happened to Amazon Prime 2-Day Shipping?

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Post by nonstopdev »

PaulHoule wrote: post #2

Amazon is slipping. They can't get me anything in Central NY in two days. Other retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart frequently get me packages in one or two days. I even ordered a box of minidiscs on Ebay from Japan and got them in less than a week. Everybody else is getting faster but AMZN is getting slower. I just canceled the renewal of my Prime subscription, you should too.

Have mine set to not renew anymore. Their products have been falling apart too.

More delays and returns than ever, slow shipping, and if you ever need support, it has turned into a black hole where you can’t get anyone to help. Had a gift card they confirmed wasn’t activated and bought through them directly and has been a struggle to get any refund or answer.

Re: What Happened to Amazon Prime 2-Day Shipping?

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Post by merlyn »

I've noticed this too. It definately is by product.

Since I buy lots of weird stuff, my delivery times are all over the place. Some items can be obtained same day (if I buy enough $$), or overnight. Some "Prime" sales can take a week to ship.

I also see different geo areas get targetted for certain days. Like my home address tends to get things Wednesday and weekends. My office building gets things on Fridays, and Amazon knows enough that weekend delivery doesn't work.

So to me, it seems like they are aiming for an "average", keep certain things close, make people happy with real short delivery, but if you get weird stuff, you are probably going to be less happy overall with longer shipping delays.

Re: What Happened to Amazon Prime 2-Day Shipping?

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Post by redditor98654 »

Not that it matters to customers because that is not how they see it but 2 day delivery never meant 2 days from time of placing the order. It meant 2 days from the time item is shipped.

This used to cause frustration and confusion even among Amazon employees so I can only imagine what it would be like for regular customers.

Re: What Happened to Amazon Prime 2-Day Shipping?

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Post by dx034 »

It's the same in Europe. With prime you used to get most items the day after order, rarely two days after ordering. Now it's at least 2 days for most items, many even only arrive 3-4 days after ordering. And that's even if you're close to a major distribution center.
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