Amazon taking their time

NoTrespassing · Aug 10, 2018

So, I ordered a Chinese string trimmer on Amazon July 31st. I'm not a Prime member and I usually go for free shipping when not in a hurry. My wife is having probably 30 people over this Saturday and at least a dozen will be camping at our place. My string trimmer died which is why I ordered a new one. I've been waiting on pins and needles waiting for that d*mned string trimmer. I have a LOT of trimming to do before Saturday, my fire pit looks like a jungle. Tracking shows that it will show up by 8pm tonight Friday, a full 10 days since I ordered it and it's shipping FROM Amazon. That's the longest I've ever waited for an item shipped directly from them. It's shipping to my work so that blew my plan of taking a couple days off to prepare for the party. Next time I will be paying for shipping if I need the item quicker than 10 days.

Time to dump a gallon of septic treatment in for the party. (my only other concern) lol

Kevin

thepumpguysc · Aug 10, 2018

That's odd {in my experience}.. you def. have to look at where its shipping FROM when ordering..
I ordered 2 spindle bearings off amazon last week.. shipping said between Tuesday & Thursday for delivery..
I got them on the Saturday BEFORE.!!! I have ALWAYS gotten my package ATLEAST 1 day BEFORE the scheduled delivery date..
Just like my business.. UNDER promise & OVER deliver.. {I like it}..

mark02tj · Aug 10, 2018

NoTrespassing said:
So, I ordered a Chinese string trimmer on Amazon September 31st....

September 31st of what year??? Must have been a leap year since September only has 30 days on most years. :laughing:

NoTrespassing · Aug 10, 2018

mark02tj said:
September 31st of what year??? Must have been a leap year since September only has 30 days on most years. :laughing:

LOL Good catch! Should have been July. Hey, it was 5am...Edited previous post to correct my error.

prof fate · Aug 10, 2018

It's 50/50 with amazon..usually it's other vendors are quicker, but not always.

I ordered July 20 and it was in -stock...it arrived to me august 6.

the other annoyance is when they ship fed ex to the post office then they deliver it..adds a day, sometimes 2. WTH?

nybirdman · Aug 10, 2018

I order a lot from Amazon;most deliveries in two days with Prime;but one order ended up coming from China
(unknown to me) that took two+ weeks.Glad I was not in a hurry.Came via "China Post".

oosik · Aug 10, 2018

That order date was kind of a ???? here also. I shouldn't even ask what part of the "party" the septic treatment is going to be for. Do you have some special games for this party. Like in the episode of M*A*S*H where they have sail boat races on the cesspool. You'se guys know how to par-T........:dance1: :laughing: :laughing: :cool2:

rekees4300 · Aug 10, 2018

NoTrespassing said:
Tracking shows that it will show up by 8pm tonight Friday, a full 10 days since I ordered it and it's shipping FROM Amazon.

Even for a non-prime customer that's hard to understand. :confused2:

Big Barn · Aug 10, 2018

oosik said:
That order date was kind of a ???? here also. I shouldn't even ask what part of the "party" the septic treatment is going to be for. Do you have some special games for this party. Like in the episode of M*A*S*H where they have sail boat races on the cesspool. You'se guys know how to par-T........:dance1: :laughing: :laughing: :cool2:

3Ts · Aug 10, 2018

It seems to me that Amazon will hold your order for a week before filling it if you're not a prime member. An order filled by a 3rd party usually arrives before Amazon says they're working on filling it.

Jstpssng · Aug 10, 2018

^^^^ I'm not sure whether that's intentional or just that without Prime we are at the bottom of the list so the order gets filled last.

prof fate · Aug 10, 2018

3Ts said:
It seems to me that Amazon will hold your order for a week before filling it if you're not a prime member. An order filled by a 3rd party usually arrives before Amazon says they're working on filling it.

yeah, and I don't like that. makes no sense - UNLESS - you're trying to sell prime memberships...

Dadnatron · Aug 10, 2018

I make 90% of my purchases off Amazon.

I wouldn't be caught dead without Prime. It is the best money I spend all year.

Not to mention all the 'perks' of Prime on TV/Internet. Of which I almost never use, but think about sometimes. I just don't watch TV much, but the Movie option makes it almost as good as Netflix if you are a movie guy.

Jstpssng · Aug 10, 2018

I had it, and found that anything I wanted to watch still would cost extra. I also gave up Netflix for the same reason. The big things about Prime though, is that I don't believe in paying for the "privilege" of spending money to purchase something, and I don't allow "automatic" payments... I don't even allow my Credit Union to withdraw payments.

rekees4300 · Aug 10, 2018

prof fate said:
yeah, and I don't like that. makes no sense - UNLESS - you're trying to sell prime memberships...

Prime is a major source of Amazon income. They are raising it from $99 to $119. I'm thinking about dropping it, was $79 just a few years ago.

SirReal63 · Aug 10, 2018

Dadnatron said:
I make 90% of my purchases off Amazon.

I wouldn't be caught dead without Prime. It is the best money I spend all year.

Not to mention all the 'perks' of Prime on TV/Internet. Of which I almost never use, but think about sometimes. I just don't watch TV much, but the Movie option makes it almost as good as Netflix if you are a movie guy.

Same here, the free shipping is great and it is rare if there is an issue, when there is an issue it is usually the post office. I ordered two amplifiers off of ebay, it cost as much for shipping as my Prime membership. If I could have bought them from Amazon I would have. I ordered a CD from Amazon that shipped from Japan, it took about a week, the CD was defective and Amazon had another sent, no charge.

We do watch movies on Amazon and I stream Prime Music frequently, with the Prime Music there are a lot of groups that are hard to find elsewhere.

We buy a lot from Amazon so the Prime membership makes sense, if someone rarely buys from them it doesn't make sense.

fried1765 · Aug 10, 2018

Jstpssng said:
^^^^ I'm not sure whether that's intentional or just that without Prime we are at the bottom of the list so the order gets filled last.

Me thinks you done broke the code!
Amazon wants to convince you that you NEED Prime, so they deliberately put your order at the bottom of the heap.
Apparently they get a much cheaper shipping rate if they can wait to get a full trailer load for shipping to us non Prime peons.
I do not have Prime, and I never will!
I put items on my Amazon watch list, and when I have enough to qualify for free shipping, I order,..... and wait.
If the item is also sold on E-Bay, I typically order there instead, because E-Bay shipping is quick, most always free, and usually there is no tax.
Amazon now charges sales tax!

TractorGuy · Aug 10, 2018

My non prime experience has been that they hold the shipment for several days at least on the free shipping. They also NEVER tell you where an item is coming from. Have been caught by the ship from china thing a couple of times. The ONLY time I use Amazon is if I can't find it cheaper on ebay. Half the time the stuff I buy off ebay comes in Amazon packaging and gets shipped same or next day. No membership fee required.