What's going on at Amazon?

buckeyefarmer · Nov 17, 2016

My prime orders are arriving on time lately. Overall prime is worth it to me.

BoylermanCT · Nov 17, 2016

I love my Prime. Amazon built a huge distribution center 25 min from me and now my 2 day orders often come in 1 day. Now if I could only pick up my orders same day on my way home from work!

MF283 · Nov 17, 2016

nybirdman said:
I found that being a "Prime" member has lots of advantages.Free and fast shipping,lots of free music and movies.If you order a lot from Amazon I believe it's worth it.

My wife found that to:mur:

CCWKen · Nov 18, 2016

buckeyefarmer said:
My prime orders are arriving on time lately. Overall prime is worth it to me.

Does Amazon send the items in your order in separate boxes? Do they send one item a day? Why does anyone need to pay a membership fee to get a complete order shipped? It didn't used to be that way and that's the reason I posted. Someone at Amazon has the picking robots programed to pick one item and ship it. They've got to be loosing money. But maybe not having to hire a person saves them money. As I mentioned, this is a recent change. I used to get my orders complete and fast without Prime.

EarPlug · Nov 18, 2016

Amazon has nearly 100 Distribution Centers. Not all products are stocked at all Centers. This is why the multiple shipments.

prichard · Nov 18, 2016

There are also many vendors on amazon. I ordered 4 of the same item that came from 3 vendors in 3 packages. Most of my purchases are in one box even if separate orders. I pay for prime because I like 2 day free shipping without min purchase and we do stream a good amount of tv from them. Also, I shop around a lot and often amazon does have the lowest price for what I buy.

buckeyefarmer · Nov 18, 2016

Sometimes the order is consolidated in one box, sometimes not. This weeks came in 2 days, separate boxes.

RedNeckGeek · Nov 18, 2016

I have to agree with prichard, my Amazon Prime experience this past year has been very good. I'd balked for years about joining, but after getting fed up with eBay ripoffs and them doing nothing about it, really appreciate the way Amazon will just accept the return and deal with the merchant for me. I almost always get the 2 day shipments in exactly that, and sometimes even overnight. For most purchases, I start with Google's Shopping option, and usually Amazon is at the top of the list of lowest prices. Even when they're not the lowest, their customer service is worth the difference to me rather than gamble on an untrusted entity with my ID and credit card info. I don't stream much video from them over my satellite connection, and haven't taken advantage of any of their other Prime extras, but the great service and convenience are worth the Prime membership fee to me. Going into the holidaze it will be interesting to see if the 2 day shipments hold up. Previously as a non-Primer, things I used to get in 3 days often went out to a week.

downsizingnow48 · Nov 18, 2016

Just ordered two Moen heavy duty shower grab bars from Amazon at $19 ea. They were exactly twice that $38 at Lowes. My general experience is Amazon is cheaper than local stores, although not usually that much cheaper.

Prime free shipping arrives Sunday. Took about 2 minutes to make the purchase after another 2 minutes to check the Lowes price. The Prime membership buys convenience and reliability. Doesn't take long to reach break even on the $100 by avoiding online shipping, or if you count the value of your time and gas driving around big box stores to buy the same thing at equal or greater cost.

nybirdman · Nov 18, 2016

downsizingnow48 said:
Just ordered two Moen heavy duty shower grab bars from Amazon at $19 ea. They were exactly twice that $38 at Lowes. My general experience is Amazon is cheaper than local stores, although not usually that much cheaper.

Prime free shipping arrives Sunday. Took about 2 minutes to make the purchase after another 2 minutes to check the Lowes price. The Prime membership buys convenience and reliability. Doesn't take long to reach break even on the $100 by avoiding online shipping, or if you count the value of your time and gas driving around big box stores to buy the same thing at equal or greater cost.

I agree 100%.We only have Lowes and Walmart to chose from.We also are very rural.Very happy with our Prime membership.I can find and purchase many items that simply are not available local.