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Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by tkone »

PaulHoule wrote: post #19

Funny, living in a rural area I have the opposite problem. I have a driveway that is an 1/8 of a mile long that is threatened by several beaver colonies trying to flood it out. Delivery drivers are terrified of my driveway because it has a reputation of eating their trucks. One time we replaced the water line that crosses out driveway and that evening a FedEx truck drove across it and, thanks to subsidence, the wheel…

How do you fit a 45lbs crib in a box that is 4'x4'x5' in your mail box?

That's gotta be a huge mailbox sir!

OR the post office could end its monopoly of your mailbox...

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by ukdm »

In the UK Amazon has its own parcel delivery service that is used to deliver the majority of the larger parcels in my area. But it's not great. Some of the drivers decide they don't have time, or it's near the end of their shift, and log deliveries as no one home. I've had this confirmed by some of the drivers that do bother delivering.

So while I've been home all day, I get an email (usually around 6pm) claiming no one was in when they attempted the delivery.

This is frustrating when it happens once, but it has now become a regular occurrence and complaints just end in a free month of Prime being added to my account (had 4 extensions this year so far).

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by warfangle »

jweir wrote: post #3

Yeah, we use Prime in Brooklyn. And the UPSP postal slip is something I never want to see. Our Post Office has gotten a little better in the last year about delivering packages. Although they still sometimes try the wrong buzzer. One thing, with your postal slip you can schedule to have it redelivered through the USPS website. I have had good success with this. https://redelivery.usps.com/redelivery/ Fortunately very…

They don't even give slips to us in my building. We have fancy lockers in our mailroom that the USPS worker dutifully uses.

And then puts the key in someone else's mailbox. So you have to wait for someone to check their mail and then hope they're nice enough to notice the package that arrived was not for them.

UPS, FedEx, etc, are allowed (if the resident signs a waiver) to leave packages with building management in their package room, after which point the night doorperson will email you when your package is ready to be picked up.

I will choose non-USPS every single time I can.

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by sard420 »

cfinke wrote: post #4

You see, the problem with Amazon Prime is that you are shipping almost entirely via the USPS. I've never received a package from Amazon via anyone but UPS.

Here I've received from many different carriers including OnTrac, UPS, UPS SurePost (USPS final mile), recently unidentifiable courier.

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by allworknoplay »

cfinke wrote: post #4

You see, the problem with Amazon Prime is that you are shipping almost entirely via the USPS. I've never received a package from Amazon via anyone but UPS.

Yeah, I also live in brooklyn, and very, very few of my prime packages are delivered by usps. I order a ton of shit for me and the companies I work for, I'm really surprised OP has this problem.

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by frakkingcylons »

A heads up to the author -- I've had Amazon Prime for three years, two of those in Phoenix and one in Austin, and UPS were always the carrier delivering the packages, unless I chose one-day or same-day shipping.

I also sell products on Amazon using their Fulfillment services, and the majority of shipments go out on UPS as well. I only ever see USPS shipments if the receiver is close to the Illinois warehouse.

EDIT: The real takeaway is that the article implies that USPS is Amazon's exclusive shipping carrier for Prime shipments, when in reality it varies based on geograpy, shipping speed and other factors. However, I would say that UPS delivers most shipments.

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by acallahan »

I have the opposite problem - USPS packages are put in a special mailbox in my building, but UPS and Fedex won't get delivered at all because I'm not home.

Even if Amazon's worried about letting the user choose what shipping option they want, they should show the shipping method at checkout as a read-only field, so that I know whether to ship a particular package to home or work.

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by tkone »

allworknoplay wrote: post #26
cfinke wrote: post #4

You see, the problem with Amazon Prime is that you are shipping almost entirely via the USPS. I've never received a package from Amazon via anyone but UPS.

Yeah, I also live in brooklyn, and very, very few of my prime packages are delivered by usps. I order a ton of shit for me and the companies I work for, I'm really surprised OP has this problem.

The last fifteen packages we've ordered were via the USPS. Either someone at Amazon thinks this is hilarious to mess with people, or their system for selecting carriers is oddly tuned.

Re: Why I Canceled Amazon Prime

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Post by ericcumbee »

PaulHoule wrote: post #19

Funny, living in a rural area I have the opposite problem. I have a driveway that is an 1/8 of a mile long that is threatened by several beaver colonies trying to flood it out. Delivery drivers are terrified of my driveway because it has a reputation of eating their trucks. One time we replaced the water line that crosses out driveway and that evening a FedEx truck drove across it and, thanks to subsidence, the wheel…

When I lived at home with my parents we had a similar problem. Our driveway is also 1/8 of a mile or so and half of it lined with bradford pear trees. They form a very pretty but low canopy over the road. If the UPS or Fedex driver were to go through it would scratch the roof of the truck. Which they also get blamed for. So they end up leaving stuff right where the pear trees start. It also causes problems when there is a different driver and they tend to leave the package in other less than predictable places on our property.
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