When did Amazon Prime become 4-5 day shipping?

holden j caufield

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I'm ordering something tonight, Tuesday. Filter my searches for Prime and it says delivery is Monday the 24th. Is this the fad now on Amazon?

Edit: Prime does rule, it said Monday but it still got here in 2 days.
 
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holden j caufield

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It's available, not backordered. How do I know, if I order a few more things I don't need and the amount is over $35 I get the item I want tomorrow.
 

Exterous

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Can't say I've seen that for anything other than back order. Hell, I ordered stuff last Friday and it was delivered on Sunday
 

Rumpltzer

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I think it depends on where stuff is coming from. Sometimes I order stuff on Friday, and it's here the next day. Last night (Monday), I ordered stuff, and it'll be here on Friday. If I wanted Thursday, they called that "next day" and offered to ship it for an additional $17.
 

rh71

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It's available, not backordered. How do I know, if I order a few more things I don't need and the amount is over $35 I get the item I want tomorrow.

So you don't have Prime and just filtered by it? Just not calculating correctly. I got something today ordered on Sunday night.
 

pete6032

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Amazon delivers 2-day shipping 7 days a week in my neighborhood on Prime with no additional cost.
 

Ns1

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It's available, not backordered. How do I know, if I order a few more things I don't need and the amount is over $35 I get the item I want tomorrow.

Depending on the item Amz might have a drop ship type arrangement which would explain the delay. Either way, the standard for prime is still 2 days.
 

Raincity

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Sometimes they will quote extra days if their live logistics engine determines a possible shipping delay.
 

Puffnstuff

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I've also noticed that the timeframe for delivery seems to vary more these days than it used to. Many times the initial estimate will be revised once the order has shipped.
 

Crono

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Careful, OP. Thread is borderline complaining about Amazon. Alexa will read this thread and dispatch Eliminator drones to your house if you keep this up.
 
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Mike64

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I'm ordering something tonight, Tuesday. Filter my searches for Prime and it says delivery is Monday the 24th. Is this the fad now on Amazon?
What is this 4-5 day shipping you speak of? I ordered three products yesterday at 11:42am (a kitchen vacuum sealer and 2 packages of bags) and actually none of the product listings mentioned "next day delivery", but when I checked out, the shipping estimate was in fact for today and even though I didn't pay extra for any kind of expedited delivery (on top of having Prime), the package was left at my apartment door (by USPS, not any sort of local "courier" service) 22 hours later, at 9:44 this morning. Needless to say, I was as impressed as I was surprised... And while I daresay it helps that I'm in NYC, most of the Prime-eligible products I order are delivered within 2 days, and not infrequently, the next day...
 
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MrDudeMan

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You can live without whatever you ordered for a few days. Be patient while the thing you bought is sent to you for free.
 

masterxfob

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i'm noticing the same. i placed an order on sunday for lye, and it's not scheduled to be delivered until friday.
 

Kalvin00

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USPS has missed their 2 day delivery window several times recently for me.

Doesn't seem like they're using Ontrac much anymore, they always delivered on time and early in the day.. when they didn't lose it all together.
 

Red Squirrel

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People expect too much. I'd say a few days for an order is pretty acceptable. You have to consider the amount of orders they get, not to mention a lot of them are stuff that comes straight from China. Not everything is actually stocked in their warehouse.
 

nerp

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I don't have prime (wife does). When I order through my account and get free shipping, they sit on it for like a week just to try and get me to order prime. It literally is processed, set up ready to go but they sit on it. It specifically is to make you wait 4-5 days before it even ships as a push to get you to buy prime. As a result, I either use my wife's account or I just sit and wait. I don't mind waiting. They can try whatever games they want. I can wait a week.

I also like to add stuff to my cart and abandon it. Weeks later, I get a personalized email with a massive discount. There are ways to get Amazon to think they're coaxing a sale out of you while in fact you're trying to rig the system for a deal. Doesn't always work, but it does often enough.
 

Kaido

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i'm noticing the same. i placed an order on sunday for lye, and it's not scheduled to be delivered until friday.

That's because it's being shipped from the levy in a Chevy...
 

Kaido

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I've also noticed that the timeframe for delivery seems to vary more these days than it used to. Many times the initial estimate will be revised once the order has shipped.

It's rare, but I've noticed that too. Either they are waiting on the next batch, or maybe it's in a warehouse that is further away, or it's a weird shape, size, or weight, who knows. At any rate, it's always disappointing!
 

FeuerFrei

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I don't have prime (wife does). When I order through my account and get free shipping, they sit on it for like a week just to try and get me to order prime. It literally is processed, set up ready to go but they sit on it. It specifically is to make you wait 4-5 days before it even ships as a push to get you to buy prime. As a result, I either use my wife's account or I just sit and wait. I don't mind waiting. They can try whatever games they want. I can wait a week.

Same here. No problem waiting. When they drag their feet in sending my order, they hope I'll consider Prime, but that thought doesn't enter my head - I just get disgusted at their performance. I know they can ship it in two days or less, it's just they're being a dick.

I just put in an order for 3 items last Friday. One arrived Tuesday, the other two will arrive today. That's a 4-5 day turnaround for Amazon. Better than it has been. My past experience has taught me to wait 4 days until it ships.
 

Kaido

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What bugs me is Sunday delivery. While I appreciate being able to get my Amazon baubles 24/7, seriously, give those delivery people a break at least one day a week!

I don't know if the load is so heavy that they're diversifying or what, but my last three packages have been delivered by my postal worker (who, on a tangent, is never happy to do it because I usually have kitchen gadgets arrive in large, heavy boxes & she's used to just doing the mail & small USPS boxes). I don't like them because they don't have a good, accurate tracking system like UPS or Fedex, and I like to know when things are coming in so they're not sitting outside all day just asking to be swiped
 

Mike64

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You can live without whatever you ordered for a few days. Be patient while the thing you bought is sent to you for free.
People expect too much. I'd say a few days for an order is pretty acceptable. You have to consider the amount of orders they get, not to mention a lot of them are stuff that comes straight from China. Not everything is actually stocked in their warehouse.
To be fair to the OP, the issue isn't what's "acceptable" or even "reasonable" in the broader sense. Amazon markets (and charges a non-trivial fee for) Prime membership on the basis of clearly defined benefits, so if they're not in fact providing those benefits, they're falling down on the job, and if they in fact "can't", they shouldn't offer it at all, or should change the terms (and/or charge less for it)

On the other hand, they don't claim that everything they offer, even if it's "sold and shipped", or "fulfilled", by Amazon, can and will be delivered within 2 days. As to what percentage of their products are eligible for it, and whether that number has dropped "statistically significantly", I have no idea, and that's the real question - not whether any specific product is or isn't in fact eligible. Could be the OP is just "doing it wrong" by ordering the wrong stuff.

IIt literally is processed, set up ready to go but they sit on it.
Their non-Prime shipping is certainly slower than it was some years ago, but how do you know that? I don't recall any order status flag that says "it's now been packed and is sitting in the box, just waiting to be labeled and handed off to a shipper.
 
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Scarpozzi

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Gotta pick things fulfilled by Amazon or you can't guarantee it. I know what you mean though....definitely a lot of selections that don't get it to you in 2 days.
 
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