I haven't seen two day delivery in years. It seems to be getting worse. Right now everything is over a week out but thats probably the holidays. Really don't know if its worth what Prime charges.

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Originally posted by cas:
Seeing a little of both but in general, having many things take longer. Also seen lots more “broken promises“ on when things are supposed to arrive. “ order in the next 6 hour…” and it will arrive tomorrow, or the next day. Which ends up being the only reason I choose that item. Often with auto parts or similar stuff, and then it ends up coming four days later instead. That’s really frustrating, I could’ve gotten what I really wanted but didn’t have the time to wait for.

This absolutely.

Waiting on a Torx Plus 55 socket that I have been unable to locate locally as I type this.

Should have been here Friday, might be here Tuesday and I can't remove or replace my flywheel without one, meaning my clutch job and rear main seal replacement are potentially going to be delayed. Good thing I ordered two, and one got here today (late).

After they were already not going to make it on time, CS gave me a credit on my account, but the website still showed I could get them next day if I ordered within 5-6 hours and could not explain it.....

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Originally posted by smschulz:

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
When we still had Prime it had gotten to the point where three days was typical, sometimes more, rarely less.

One of the many reasons we cancelled Prime.

So you cancelled Prime because some deliveries took three days?

Again: One of the many reasons. And, again: It wasn't "some," but most.

I still have an Amazon account and still buy things there, but they're now closer to a vendor of last resort then they are near first.

Prime has not offered or guaranteed 2-day shipping for years now.

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Originally posted by ridgerat:
Prime has not offered or guaranteed 2-day shipping for years now.

They offer it but give no guarantees.

What gets me is, once it actually ships, it gets to me in a reasonable time. It just takes 3-4 days to get to the point of it actually shipping.

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Originally posted by IntrepidTraveler:
What gets me is, once it actually ships, it gets to me in a reasonable time. It just takes 3-4 days to get to the point of it actually shipping.

I was just going to say the same. It'll take a few days to ship, but then ships in 2 days. I've called and complained, but they claim it's "processing delays out of their control".

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Originally posted by IntrepidTraveler:
What gets me is, once it actually ships, it gets to me in a reasonable time. It just takes 3-4 days to get to the point of it actually shipping.

With Prime? I can't say as I recall ever waiting 3-4 days for it to actually ship when we had Prime. IIRC, usually it'd be NLT the next day.

They obviously do play games with non-Prime shipping. Every time I order, these days, it's the same thing: I order. It sits there for several days. Ships. Arrives two days later.

One time recently I opted for paid shipping. It arrived no more quickly than if I'd opted for free.

Walmart actually ships free faster. They, Target, Best Buy, Lowe's, Home Depot, etc. are price-competitive, or will price-match, and have local stores. There are a couple supplements I used to buy from Amazon. I cruise on down to the local Vitamin Shoppe for them now.

Heck, eBay is often faster than Amazon, and actually has better buyer protection, compared to Amazon third-party sales.

Pretty much all we use Amazon for these days are things we can't get locally, and I use it to buy Kindle books and digital music.

Fast as ever here. Same day, next day or 2 days.

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:
Fast as ever here. Same day, next day or 2 days.

Same here.

Just ordered something today. "Prime delivery", from an Amazon warehouse...delivery December 1st. 8 days. That's about normal for me anymore and not just the typical holiday slow down.

I just got something I ordered from Amazon this morning around 8AM. Got it at 1:30PM.

That's fast.

I live near multiple fulfillment centers and they struggle to meet the two day window. I've been in a few of them for work, pretty interesting places. No one looks happy though, especially during COVID.