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Re: Amazon launches same day delivery for Prime customers

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Post by sleepychu »

netfire wrote: post #66
sleepychu wrote: post #58

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http://www.amazon.com/sameday

Interesting that they have a pretty url already generated for the page and then redirect to something that's completely unreadable. It seems like you'd want to have a single, readable url to have people sharing with others, if they copy and paste the url from their browser.

They do exactly this for their products, if you look in the URL you'll see /dp/something if you do Amazon.TLD/dp/something it takes you to the product. Someone mentioned dark social and that's exactly what it's for according to one of the Edinburgh Amazon devs. :-)

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Post by ajslater »

xacaxulu wrote: post #65

I've noticed that Amazon has totally changed my shopping habits from 3-5 years ago. Clothes and household expendable items are almost entirely purchased on Amazon (even if I just want to try on a pair of boots). Prime Subscription or Pantry takes care of most of the rest. I don't need to drive to Costco anymore or spend time walking around Wal-Mart. I look forward to the day when my Whole Foods order can be delivered…

> 95% of my grocery shopping is done through http://instacart.com

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Post by alchemism »

lubujackson wrote: post #155

Has anyone actually found a thing that is for sale on the same day? I live in SF and for any search the "Get it today" is grayed out (and has been since 8 am).

Yesterday I had the option of buying an SSD same-day. I'm in Philadelphia.

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Post by soylentcola »

tlianza wrote: post #227
gmac wrote: post #134

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Good point, but I find there are 3 obstacles to this. 1) Many shoes (and most jeans too) don't fit me in whatever size — either the fit is more complicated than a simple scalar, and/or sometimes I'd need a size somewhere between two of the sizes offered. 2) Returns on the scale needed are thus generally a bit of a pain. 3) I suspect that the overhead of paying for lots of returns makes these services rather dear, and…

Yes, people are trying. The problem is hard. https://www.rivetandcuff.com/find-your-fit

It's a shame that their cheapest pair of jeans is over $100. While I'm definitely a fan of getting something quality that lasts a while (rather than just buying new pairs of shitty $20 jeans every year) it would be great if there was something in the $50-80 range. Doesn't have to be the fanciest raw selvedge denim or whatever but just some solid, well constructed jeans made from good fabric would be my ideal.

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

soylentcola wrote: post #244
tlianza wrote: post #227

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Yes, people are trying. The problem is hard. https://www.rivetandcuff.com/find-your-fit

It's a shame that their cheapest pair of jeans is over $100. While I'm definitely a fan of getting something quality that lasts a while (rather than just buying new pairs of shitty $20 jeans every year) it would be great if there was something in the $50-80 range. Doesn't have to be the fanciest raw selvedge denim or whatever but just some solid, well constructed jeans made from good fabric would be my ideal.

I'm surprised - is this a real problem? I thought 99% of all blue jeans in the world are made at the same Korean factory. Maybe they construct them to different standards? That makes sense I guess.

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Post by QuercusMax »

natemc wrote: post #178
supercanuck wrote: post #128

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The one thing I like about Costco, is the lack of choice and the Kirkland Signature Private Label. Kirkland Signature is on par, if not better, than their name brand counter parts. Because they generally carry on SKU per category, the quality is generally very high.

The KS Bacon is hit and miss. I'll get a package that is 75% great and then a package of razor thin bacon slices. We also had a quality issue with their Italian Style Meatballs, one batch had way more filler than usual, the kids wouldn't even eat them, it was like mush.

You should email corporate and let them know. They take their quality and reputation very seriously. Worst case you'll probably get some free stuff.

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Post by Tobani »

ars wrote: post #98
Tobani wrote: post #89

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You just cancel the subscription and start a new one on the larger size.

You don't have to cancel the subscription, they have an option for many items to just change the size.

Could be. I haven't done it in a while. Diapers are weird though, some kinds only go up to size 2, then you have to switch to a different kind and its not really just changing sizes.

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Post by clarky07 »

tsotha wrote: post #198
gmac wrote: post #134

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Good point, but I find there are 3 obstacles to this. 1) Many shoes (and most jeans too) don't fit me in whatever size — either the fit is more complicated than a simple scalar, and/or sometimes I'd need a size somewhere between two of the sizes offered. 2) Returns on the scale needed are thus generally a bit of a pain. 3) I suspect that the overhead of paying for lots of returns makes these services rather dear, and…

For me your #2 is the deal breaker. If I have to box a bunch of stuff back up and drop it off somewhere it's more hassle than shopping at a brick & mortar shoe store. There would have to be a huge price advantage to make it worthwhile.

Most of the shippers happily pick up boxes from you. I have ups pick things up at my house all the time. Just put it in the box and stick the pre printed return label on the side.

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Post by maratd »

berberous wrote: post #226
joshstrange wrote: post #210

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I've have the same issue as maratd where on the product page it has said: * Prime * "Want it $DayOfWeek, $Month $Day? Order within XX hrs XX mins and choose..." where "$DayOfWeek, $Month $Day" is 2 days away and I've bought it and it didn't show up until 4,5,6,7 days later. Same thing with the email. It's not "sub-par UI" it's very clearly designed to make you think... no fuck that, it's not just "thinking" they TELL…

"I've had times I've ordered something with the text from above, it not showed up after 2 days and then Amazon telling me it won't be here for another 3-4 days when ON THEIR WEBSITE it still say's "Want it $nowPlus2Days? Order within..."." I suppose I could be wrong here, so I apologize for doubting you, but next time that occurs double check that you bought from the same seller as the Prime seller that's listed when…

> I suppose I could be wrong here, so I apologize for doubting you, but next time that occurs double check that you bought from the same seller as the Prime seller that's listed when you go back to check.

When I had this happen to me, the orders were NOT from a 3rd party seller. They were directly from Amazon proper. This is not a UI issue.

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Post by gauravphoenix »

chrisper wrote: post #121
rickyc091 wrote: post #30

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They use their own vans. edit: They basically leverage their amazon fresh / amazon now deliveries.

Not always. My same day stuff came with OnTrac.

I think for west coast customers Amazon uses them. The reason could be - http://www.ontrac.com/ontracground.asp
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