WTF Amazon!? 6 Day Prime Shipping?

[dottyblue]

An order placed today for normal items shipping prime won't arrive until Monday the 28th.

Why do I pay for "two day shipping" again?

Ugh.

[iamali]

I'm frustrated with Amazon right now too, but Thursday is a holiday. It's just a crummy time of for getting things quickly.

[pantsparty]

Sometimes this happens if the item is not in stock.

That's why you always need to look at the date of delivery before purchasing.

[Captain Catnip]

It sucks but it'll probably go out tomorrow, not move Thursday, move Friday, not move Sat and Sun, arrive Monday.

[maddiepaddy]

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't expect anything to be delivered Thursday, which would be the normal Prime timeline. But an extra 4 day delay is annoying for sure - especially when Prime deliveries do often arrive on Saturday and even Sunday these days.

[Captain Catnip]

Nov 22, 2016 11:19:05 GMT -5 maddiepaddy said:

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't expect anything to be delivered Thursday, which would be the normal Prime timeline. But an extra 4 day delay is annoying for sure - especially when Prime deliveries do often arrive on Saturday and even Sunday these days.

I'm jealous. I've never received a weekend prime package. I'm lucky it comes ups, often it's that stupid surepost.

[wambam]

Ditto holiday weekend.

I order a lot from Amazon Prime. I would say 1 out of 10 times it ends up being more than 2-day shipping.

[dottyblue]

Nov 22, 2016 11:19:05 GMT -5 maddiepaddy said:

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't expect anything to be delivered Thursday, which would be the normal Prime timeline. But an extra 4 day delay is annoying for sure - especially when Prime deliveries do often arrive on Saturday and even Sunday these days.

Oh, I wasn't expecting anything before Friday. Even Saturday would make sense given the holiday weekend.  But 6 days for in-stock items is making me grumpy.  Eh.  :^)   Maybe it'll show up sooner. 

I always forget how bad Amazon shipping is between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so really, this is on me.  I should know better by now...
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[buffalogal]

my mom complained the other day to them about this- she is on my prime acct and she said they extended my membership for an extra month.

[cjcouple]

Oh this is so annoying.  That is one of the reasons I do not subscribe to Prime.  As a Prime member you are supposed to get 2 day shipping...PERIOD!! 
How they get away with charging $100 a year and then not following through is beyond me.  

[Deleted]

Weird. I'm always surprised when I hear people on here complain about Prime.

I ordered a curling wand on Saturday evening and it arrived yesterday. That's been more my surprise with Prime - stuff often gets here sooner than 48 hours after I order.

[cmeon]

We hardly ever have any issues with Prime shipping, and when we have, they've always made it up to us. I absolutely love their same day shipping (I know it's not everywhere yet)- it's amazing that you can order something in the morning and have it show up just a few hours later. <3

I'd call or chat, find out what's going on. Definitely always pay attention on the shipment screen- they don't always default to the best shipment method (for you). If there isn't anything weird holding it up and you're in an area that gets weekend deliveries, I would expect it to show up early, though.

[isabel]

Didn't their prime shipping get shitty this time last year? Like things were just taking ages even when they said it would only be 2 days at the time of purchase?

[dottyblue]

Nov 22, 2016 12:40:01 GMT -5 @buckybells said:

Weird. I'm always surprised when I hear people on here complain about Prime.

I ordered a curling wand on Saturday evening and it arrived yesterday. That's been more my surprise with Prime - stuff often gets here sooner than 48 hours after I order.

Are you in an urban area?  I had zero issues when I lived in DC.  Next day arrivals were common.

Now I'm in a suburban area in New England and it's much worse.
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Nov 22, 2016 13:24:31 GMT -5 dottyblue said:

Nov 22, 2016 12:40:01 GMT -5 @buckybells said:

Weird. I'm always surprised when I hear people on here complain about Prime.

I ordered a curling wand on Saturday evening and it arrived yesterday. That's been more my surprise with Prime - stuff often gets here sooner than 48 hours after I order.

Are you in an urban area?  I had zero issues when I lived in DC.  Next day arrivals were common.

Now I'm in a suburban area in New England and it's much worse.
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No, actually! I'm in a small city in Iowa - about 100k people. I'm always surprised about that, too.

[berbles]

It may depend on your location: how close you are to an Amazon fulfillment center, and whether your closest center has the item you ordered.

I have gotten deliveries on Sundays at least 4 times. Glorious.

[RoxMonster]

Yeah I think their Prime shipping got really long around the holidays last year too.

I will say that where I live, we get Prime deliveries on Saturday and even Sunday. I am not in a huge city; I'm not sure how it gets decided where they deliver on Sunday and where they don't.

[eddy]

Nov 22, 2016 12:40:01 GMT -5 @buckybells said:

Weird. I'm always surprised when I hear people on here complain about Prime.

I ordered a curling wand on Saturday evening and it arrived yesterday. That's been more my surprise with Prime - stuff often gets here sooner than 48 hours after I order.

We must have amazing delivery, or sourcing or something. I have never gotten anything outside of the 2 day window.

[spidervain]

I'm also in Iowa and this is why we didn't renew in August. We were starting to get more than half of our prime items at 4-5 days. It really started to make me mad because the year prior was always 2 days.

[kayl84]

They've been having black friday like deals for the past week+. I wouldn't expect to get anything, Prime or not, on time this next week or so. You've got Black Friday, Cyber Monday & Amazon Fresh now. Luckily I'm in NJ, so I am close to many Amazon fulfillment centers.

[penelope]

I ordered something last Thursday and it arrived today. I received notification that it shipped yesterday, so it only spent one day in shipping.

I live miles and miles away from any kind of center, but it never took that long before.

I ordered something for my son last month and it got put on the wrong truck. He needed it within a week of ordering so I called and they did ship another overnight so he had it when he needed it. I can't fault their customer service.

[whiskeytails]

Since Wisconsin got a distribution center, I've received stuff next day at no charge!