KungFuPanda Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I just ordered something with free two-day shipping. I’ll get it by the 24th. What the? For one item I was able to choose one-day shipping and that’s guaranteed to arrive by the 21st. I do not understand how Amazon counts to one or two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Was the item in stock? I agree with AM that Amazon does some voodoo with shipping times and prices sometimes. But I also think that 2-day shipping doesn't necessarily include processing time, just the actual time it takes to move from them to you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Is it normally this way? Maybe they are having to account for weather related stuff right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, Arctic Mama said: Amazon makes stuff up. It’s all whatever it convenient for the shipping schedule of the particular warehouse location based on your priority as a customer and what you paid or didn’t pay for shipping. voodoo. Exactly. I miss the day when 2 days actually meant 2 days with Amazon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 People have been talking about it on Amazon's facebook page. No matter what you order, Prime is saying a week to ship for 2 day. Amazon's only response was that *some* items may take longer because of the weather, but they're not responding to the people showing them that it's every item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) 46 minutes ago, KungFuPanda said: I just ordered something with free two-day shipping. I’ll get it by the 24th. What the? For one item I was able to choose one-day shipping and that’s guaranteed to arrive by the 21st. I do not understand how Amazon counts to one or two. when it gets down to it - it depends upon the warehouse location of the item. I'm in amazon country - so tend to get things more quickly - but not always. I've had things take a while. last summer I dh and 2ds went to portland to watch the eclipse. I tried to order glasses VERY late. I could get them to my house before the eclipse - but after they had to leave here. however, if I were to have them shipped to my friend's house in portland where they were staying - they wouldn't come until it was all over. Edited September 16, 2018 by gardenmom5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I hate when an item is listed as Prime, but then you find out at checkout that it won't actually ship for a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgrace Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) Once I paid for one day shipping for an item I desperately needed to get an estimated arrival in time. I got it 2 days late! I finally found a way to talk to someone to complain and they promised to refund the entire cost plus the shipping cost. I never got refund, though I didn't follow up. That much of a delay is probably related to hurricane stuff? At least allegedly caused by the hurricane. But we've had prime for a long time and very often, even when weather isn't an issue, we now regularly get arrival dates for items past two days. Often not much past, but it used to be far better than that. Edited September 16, 2018 by sbgrace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 When a company has a (near) monopoly, there isn't any incentive to do better on the details like shipping times. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 I generally get things quickly and ordering over a week out is usually safe for me. I’m near Baltimore, so this is the first I’ve experienced this type of delay. I didn’t think about the weather aspect. That makes sense. I’m kind of hoping I get it I. Two days and the long estimate is to manage expectations and reduce complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 We ask my husband’s colleagues with Prime to order for us if it’s urgent as we don’t have Prime. For his office zip code it’s same day delivery and so far it has been ok for books and stationary. That’s literally all we order from Amazon and we are near many of their fulfillment center (I counted seven with one that is 14 miles away). My neighbors order all kinds of stuff so it can range from same day to a week depending on what was ordered. We are in their Sunday USPS delivery zone as well as in their Whole Foods delivery zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 2 hours ago, KungFuPanda said: I just ordered something with free two-day shipping. I’ll get it by the 24th. What the? For one item I was able to choose one-day shipping and that’s guaranteed to arrive by the 21st. I do not understand how Amazon counts to one or two. The shipping time has nothing to do with when it is shipped. Once it's shipped it is supposed to be one or two days. The difference between the 21st and the 24th is that there is a weekend in between, and the shipping times are not including that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Selkie said: I hate when an item is listed as Prime, but then you find out at checkout that it won't actually ship for a month. I had one once that said it would ship in six weeks. (might have simply been "free shipping" - don't remember.) I figured it was stock issue. I got a message two or three days later (after I ordered) that it had shipped. so I got it in about a week. 3 minutes ago, EKS said: The shipping time has nothing to do with when it is shipped. Once it's shipped it is supposed to be one or two days. The difference between the 21st and the 24th is that there is a weekend in between, and the shipping times are not including that. this If I order on friday - it is longer than if I order on a monday/tuesday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 But but but . . . until TODAY if I chose two day shipping I got my stuff in two days. I don’t risk it in December, but the rest of the year has been fine til now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I usually get items in 2 days, but some items that are coming from far will take longer. Sometimes you can just delete your item and order another one that is basically the same but listed separately - or differs in unimportant ways - and it will come in 2 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 3 hours ago, Selkie said: I hate when an item is listed as Prime, but then you find out at checkout that it won't actually ship for a month. This is what's happened to me. I ordered something once with Prime 2 day shipping, and when it wasn't there in almost a week I went and try to track the order. Turns out I had failed to read the fine print saying that it wouldn't even ship for 3 weeks, so I cancelled the order and reordered it through a third party with slow shipping and I still got it before it would have even shipped with Prime. So in my experience it's not that the shipping is slower than 2 days, it's that they're not bothering to actually have the thing leave the warehouse for some period of time first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I ordered something recently and they said I wouldn't get it for a week. It still showed up on Saturday (2 days). I think they're just playing it safe bc of the weather. You might get it sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 PLOT TWIST!!! Something came up. I won’t need the items like I thought I would. I went to cancel the order and apparently it has already shipped! Oh well, I’ll use it eventually. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenade Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I live in the Carolinas, and after the hurricane hit, everything had an arrival date of 10 days from order, even with Prime. I went to place a "mock" order tonight, and I am still getting that same date, although now it is 7 days, not 10 days. I hope it's the weather and not the new Prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaniemom Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 It gets even more fun when you are shipping to Hawaii. All normal shipping maths don’t apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Beaniemom said: It gets even more fun when you are shipping to Hawaii. All normal shipping maths don’t apply. Or APO/FPO. I had a company (Kid Advance montessori toys) charge me double the shipping because it was going so far. When I pointed out they were paying for shipping to New York/New Jersey and the label they printed reflected the postal cost, I didn't even get an explanation beyond "but it's far!!!" ? Yeah. Okay. Figured they really didn't need my business that bad and switched to a different supplier. I did have an item make a 3 month detour through Russia once. That was interesting. Edited September 17, 2018 by HomeAgain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyoffive Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 This is why I stopped ordering things from Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I try to not order from Amazon but not because of shipping. I think I always get it in 2 days unless it is out of stock. I'm not far from Atlanta, though, if that might make a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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