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I know this isn't a brand new thing, but I happened to order a few things on Amazon this morning and it popped up that delivery was guaranteed today. I placed my order around 11:30am and the stuff was delivered around 6:00pm. It just amazes me that they are able to do that, do it for free, and still offer the best prices around. What a remarkable business model. It certainly makes me want to keep shopping with them (not that I needed another reason).
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With all the reviews that I do for them, it is like perpetual Christmas here but I don't like Sunday deliveries as they are not my regular mail people and leave packages all over. I am surprised at how quickly things show up. Sometimes in a day or two. Funny on the Amazon Forum, someone was spouting off about the dumb people that are signed up for Prime and they don't know how much money they aren't saving! Between what I order personally, what I order for work and what my son orders, we more than earn our Prime fee back.
steve. If you have Prime shipping with Amazon, when your daughter moves out, she can still use your Prime membership at her own place as well. We will never get one-day delivery in our area though as we live in the country and the closest big 'city' nearby is an armpit of the nation types. -
We actually have just the opposite experience. I love when the Amazon stuff isn't delivered by the regular mail carrier because that person actually rings the bell.Originally posted by Gailete View PostSteve
* Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
* Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
* There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.Comment
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Same-day delivery? Ha! I'd be happy to get same-week delivery! I'm sure it has to do with logistics bundling or something, but nothing ever ships up here to Alaska faster than 1-2 weeks. What's infuriating is that they don't even ship it for the first 4-7 days, them it'll get here with just 3-4 days of transit.Comment
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Interesting. Do they even allow you to sign up for Amazon Prime? I'm guessing they wouldn't since they can't guarantee 2-day shipping to your location.Originally posted by kork13 View PostSteve
* Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
* Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
* There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.Comment
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Amazon doesn't really care. It was the same when I was stationed in Japan. The main benefit I get from Prime is the free shipping regardless of order size (which is still slightly faster than normal shipping... 7-10 days vs. 14+ days), along with the video stuff (ex: our son loves Daniel Tiger, which is available free with Prime, among other shows/movies). Besides, I share the Prime account with my brothers, and they get more use of it.Originally posted by disneysteve View PostComment
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Makes sense. But they don't guarantee 2-day shipping to you, right? We only live 24 miles from the nearest Amazon facility so same-day or next-day delivery is pretty simple.Originally posted by kork13 View PostSteve
* Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
* Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
* There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.Comment
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An old coworker used to work for Amazon in the evenings running small deliveries from a local warehouse. I'm guessing he was delivering the same day delivery items.BrianComment
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I ship within 24 hours. Anything that comes in by 11AM MON-SAT gets shipped out that day. I'm not sure if I have ever had problems with items going to Alaska or Hawaii which is another problem. I do see people selling things that go media mail; which costs the same if going across the street or to Guam, and the seller charges more for Hawaii and Alaska and they apparently aren't aware of PR,GU, VI etc. They had no clue what they are doing. Same with first class mail under 13 oz. Priority can change in price depending on the size of the package and where it is going to, so not just HA and AK need a different price.Originally posted by kork13 View Post
I think early on, some sellers would put that in their selling TOS and newbies would see and follow that bad example and it continues on. But anything going a distance should be packed, ASAP and get it out the door.
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