Many places are still offering 2nd day shipping...if you want to pay for it.
Yes your right but that does not work when UPS or FedEx not delivering on weekends sometimes.
Most sites/stores tell me earliest delivery December 26th.
Deliveries on Christmas Eve (Sunday, Dec. 24) and Christmas Day (Monday, Dec. 25) are made only in limited locations. An extra fee for those deliveries will be assessed
That happens to me almost every Amazon order throughout the year in the past 4-5 years or so (it started pre-pandemic). I use to get everything in 2 days if not next day. Now it's a guessing game when it will actually arrive, and Amazon's delivery estimates are almost never correct/accurate.What posses me off is ordering something from a website and it says “2nd day delivery by Christmas“ when you’re placing the order…but when you actually get the tracking number, it says “delivery on 12/27.”
Having Prime doesn't mean jack. The 2-day shipping is a lie at this point. It use to be true...not anymore.Never heard of Amazon Prime?
It's not a guarantee, so how is it a lie? I live in L.A. County and although they slip up once in a while, I generally don't have a problem with Amazon logistics. Mind you, the vast majority of my 60+ annual orders is not time sensitive so I'm not paying close attention. For some items, Amazon even offers next day or SAME DAY delivery at no extra charge.That happens to me almost every Amazon order throughout the year in the past 4-5 years or so (it started pre-pandemic). I use to get everything in 2 days if not next day. Now it's a guessing game when it will actually arrive, and Amazon's delivery estimates are almost never correct/accurate.
It also use to be, "2-day delivery" from the time you placed your order. Now, they tell you it's 2 days from the time it leaves the warehouse. It can take 3-5 days for it to even ship out sometimes.
Having Prime doesn't mean jack. The 2-day shipping is a lie at this point. It use to be true...not anymore.
Not guaranteed? Maybe not. Certainly not by the carriers they use. And not by their respective pull/pack/ship departments.It's not a guarantee, so how is it a lie?
Yeah, the open-endedness (as well as inaccuracy) of date-of-delivery estimates is my issue. They'll give an estimate immediately upon ordering, but then the date often changes when it actually leaves the warehouse.I don't know about anybody else, but when I order from Amazon they estimate the actual date of delivery. It isn't 2 days from when it eventually leaves the warehouse, which is open-ended. Obviously that can vary by item, but the way you describe it is NOT the norm. Are you even a Prime member?
I think we can agree YMMV. IIRC there's an Amazon Prime thread in this subforum where a lot of people aren't thrilled with their execution. Having said that, they have hundreds of millions of Prime subscribers so it can't be all that bad. No offense but I would question why you'd pay for Prime for a decade if they're taking a week to deliver orders.Not guaranteed? Maybe not. Certainly not by the carriers they use. And not by their respective pull/pack/ship departments.
It's a lie IMO because that's the majority of the reason I've paid for Prime. If they say 2-day shipping, I expect it in 2 days, not a week later.
And AGAIN...it USE TO BE 2 days for anything ordered to arrive. That hasn't happened in a number of years now. I wasn't saying it's the same in all areas, but not everyone lives in/near a large metro area.
Yeah, the open-endedness (as well as inaccuracy) of date-of-delivery estimates is my issue. They'll give an estimate immediately upon ordering, but then the date often changes when it actually leaves the warehouse.
And no, I haven't been a Prime member for over a decade or anything. /s
These issues are not unique to me...I guess Prime 2-day is only valid in larger metro areas now? That's what I'm hearing from you.
I believe I posted in that thread about it too, hehe.I think we can agree YMMV. IIRC there's an Amazon Prime thread in this subforum where a lot of people aren't thrilled with their execution.
Like I said, it use to actually arrive in two days. I still pay for it because if I place a few smaller orders in a month, it pays for itself. And I do sometimes use Prime video, just not frequently and I wouldn't keep Prime just for that alone.No offense but I would question why you'd pay for Prime for a decade if they're taking a week to deliver orders.
I think the only things I've ever had delivered directly by Amazon were a few furniture items and my 55" Samsung.One last thing I'd add is that Amazon rarely uses a third-party "carrier" for my orders. It happens once in a while but the vast majority are delivered by their in house logistics.
Right, I'm not in a metro area. I'm in a smaller town about 2 hours from the nearest Amazon dist. center. I wish I had access to the FreshExpress same-day delivery, but the nearest Whole Paycheck I mean Whole Foods is 2 hours away in a different direction, lol.If your experience is otherwise, that does suggest you live outside of a metro area and that explains some of the lag you experience.