Rant on shipping

[Doofy]

Perhaps I'm the only one who has never ordered a single item from Amazon?

The free shipping was a breath of fresh air for us for about 4 years. Now, shipping takes forever and "Deals" are non existent.

 

[Cat_Driver]

Because Amazon promises 2-day delivery they put pressure on the delivery companies. No delivery in two days no pay.
So what drivers are doing is at the end of their shift if they haze dozens of Amazon boxes they write ATTEMPTED DELIVERY - NO ONE HOME.

I caught them when I was home all day once and they used that on the delivery receipt. I called screaming at them that I was sitting 12 feet from the front door all day and all night
and no one approached my house, knocked on the door, or rang the bell plus I have security camera footage.

 

[Doofy]

I can understand why The Donald is having heartburn with Amazon and the Post Office. Amazon should not be allowed to dictate their own rates to the PO.

Our USPS has been great and very dependable. FedEx and UPS are given very little to deliver now. We are very rural and used to get all 3 M-F.

 

[coobie]

My Amazon shipments have gone from 1 week to over 1 month. The order that was supposed to be here last Friday isn't here yet and the tracking status says "sorry it's delayed". Tracking also shows it's at their terminal about 30 miles away so it should be here tomorrow.

My 2 day prime arrives 7-9 days now.Verses 2 day.

 

[Diggin It]

What will we do after Amazon has driven all the small businesses into bankruptcy and they are the only option left? I am making an effort to limit Amazon spending while buying more from the little guy.

Perhaps I'm the only one who has never ordered a single item from Amazon?

I did a thread like that a while back. It got poohpoohed and yahoo'd.

 

[Diggin It]

Our Amazon shipments have come several days early for the last month or so.

So..... how does 1-2 day shipping come several days early?

Had me scratching my head there too.

He didn't mention 'Prime', so if you consider he's talking about the normal 'free' shipping that usually takes 5-7 days or longer ....

 

[Dftodd]

Don't feel to bad. I ordered 2 face masks a month ago and didn't realize they were coming from the Ukraine. Kick me, hurry up and wait.

I've done that a few times with Ebay. Order something go ahead and pay, then slap myself in the forehead when I realized the shipper was in china and it was gonna take a month.

 

[Dftodd]

My Amazon orders went from a normal 1 to 2 days to 7 to 8 days. Not pleased....

I ordered a music book for my trumpet a few weeks ago. Ordered a cleaning kit as well.

When the music book showed up, the package was obviously opened and then had a single piece of scotch tape used to close the package.

When I opened it up, I found the book as ordered. Plus a green tension band for working out

 

[bcp]

He didn't mention 'Prime', so if you consider he's talking about the normal 'free' shipping that usually takes 5-7 days or longer ....

That's it. 5-7 day shipping most often arrives in 2-4 days.

Bruce

 

[caver]

Side track: We all have seen stuff get hammered in shipping. This is the other extreme. Years ago I ordered a small Pelican case for a digital camera. With a Pelican case you could have something inside fall down a flight of stairs and be unscathed. So Pelican puts their case inside a snug box probably to keep it from getting scuffed or dirty in transit. Amazon put that box inside a bigger box with those air pillows filling the voids. I found it humorous.