Amazon prime 2 day shipping is

afterburnt

BS! They ship when the are good and ready. Does anyone get their stuff in 2 days?

DaveHo

For the most part, yes. There are occasions where even though the item is Prime, there will be a little delay. Usually it is noted in the item listing right near the Prime logo when something will not ship immediately.

Mikey081057

Yes... prolly 90 +% of the time.

mrbiron

I'd agree with this guy ^^^
I'd say more 91% of the time i get my stuff in 2 days.

vmaxer

I don't recall a time when I didn't??

D'prived

I've been a member for about a year now and I'd say about 95% of my 2 day deliveries came in 2 days.

maximillian

Get mine mainly in 2 days, even sometimes delivery on Saturday and Sunday. Occasionally items take a little longer but then they split the shipping and deliver the one item a couple days later.

Emlyn

Usually yes, except when USPS is involved. USPS "lost" five orders in their Baltimore center during the winter. Amazon's Prime service really took a big hit in my area when they got USPS more involved last year, but they seem to be getting better. Currently, an order is misdirected to New Jersey though. UPS and FedEx still rule for reliability.

hochpt21

The only time it didn't for us in the past 3 years it was day 5, my wife called and they sent her another of the same item and told her to keep them both if they arrived, which they did.

trj

I have been a member for 3 years and got the packages within 2 days 95% of time. However, I have started questioning myself if its worth the annual membership fee. I dont stream movies/music from amazon at all. And most of my orders are over $35, prime is free on those anyway.
Only thing they have me on hook is their car show with Jeremy Clarkson, James and Richard. Dont know when its going to release the show. Its not even titled yet.

F1nut

Not a Prime member and usually get whatever in 2 days, some times the next day.

Kurt300

Keep track of the order #s that are delivered after the initial prime delivery estimate. Once you get a handful, call Amazon and cite these order #s. They will extend your prime membership by one free month for every occurrence of late delivery. You can get up to 12 free months every year from this. I rarely need to pay the annual fee as a result of this, and my high usage of the service.

Kurt300

Kurt300 wrote: »

Keep track of the order #s that are delivered after the initial prime delivery estimate. Once you get a handful, call Amazon and cite these order #s. They will extend your prime membership by one free month for every occurrence of late delivery. You can get up to 12 free months every year from this. I rarely need to pay the annual fee as a result of this, and my high usage of the service.

Another Amazon tip for frequent users: get their preferred credit card, and use it with your account for 5% off *everything* you buy.

Dennis Gardner

Nice tips Kurt!! Thanks!

I get 2 day shipping at the same 90%+ that most all others do. The times that it may take longer are when purchases are made from an independent seller, not coming from Amazon's warehouses. For such a huge entity, they do surprisingly well.

Mikey081057

The only times I have ever had a problem was when the USPS was the carrier. UPS and fedex are very reliable for me... I did have 1 incident with Fedex over the holidays tho.

ledhed

Had Prime for going on a decade and can't remember having an eligible order take more than 2 days.

motorhead43026

I live 4 miles from a new distribution center. I expect to be seeing drones soon...lol.

rooftop59

I often get one day delivery as well, and two day when I order on Sunday (arrives on Tuesday whereas most other places' "two-day" shipping would get in on wed.). Its all about where or not the closest warehouse has what you ordered.

I also enjoy the free streaming, I am going to cut cable for the summer and just use amazon, netflix, and maybe HBO Go. But that's for another thread...

polk500

Phfff up here in the northern waste lands, I'm lucky if I get it in a week no matter what they say..

Cheers

msg

I just made my first Prime Pantry order. That doesn't seem to be 2-day shipping, but who cares if it helps me avoid the lethargic zombie drivers/shoppers locally.

shawn474

We have had prime for over 3 years. I can count on one hand how many times we haven't received a prime order within 2 days.

Jhayman

I ordered my Beach Boys album from Amazon on a Saturday night around 10:30pm and received it the next day Sunday at 2:00pm
Wicked fast in my book

ambiophonics

I don't have prime but my last two orders qualified for "free" shipping and Amazon sat on both orders of in stock items for over a week before shipping anything. I'm wondering if this is intentional to help push me to pay extra for prime or other shipping options. Those orders took a full two weeks to arrive.

gce

I'd have to say 98% of the time 2 days and sometimes next day.

Upstatemax

ambiophonics wrote: »

I don't have prime but my last two orders qualified for "free" shipping and Amazon sat on both orders of in stock items for over a week before shipping anything. I'm wondering if this is intentional to help push me to pay extra for prime or other shipping options. Those orders took a full two weeks to arrive.

From what I understand, when you use their free shipping they will wait it out and try and ship all items in one box, from one shipping center.

So, if they are waiting on an item to arrive in a shipping center close to you, they will sit on the order till it arrives and then ship the items all at once. It's much cheaper for Amazon to ship you one box from one center than multiple boxes.

But with Prime, you can choose to ship in multiple boxes to ensure the quickest possible service.

If you ordered a single item, well I guess they just dropped the ball then!

cmy330go

Been using it extensively for years now. Very rare that thing arrive late. On a couple occasions I complained, and they offer a credit for the hassle. Can't imagine life with out it anymore.

mrbiron

I got one day shipping on Deadpool Bluray. Ordered last night, arriving today.
Not too shabby.

I'm currently watching The Pacific on Prime as well. Good shtuff.

heiney9

Amazon was formerly a great company if you didn't happen to be a prime member. They have fallen quite a bit for those of us non-prime users. They are pushing prime like crazy these days.

I ordered some stuff (cd's and few other basic things) bought enough to cover the now increased "free" shipping threshold which is $50 instead of $35. Ordered on Saturday (all from Amazon no market place items) and as of today they still haven't shipped. WTF!

In the past even the free shipping (which required less purchases) was usually here in 3 or 4 days tops. But it's been 6 days (I count Sunday because they do ship/deliver) and it's not even been shipped. There is no reason for the delay as these are coming direct from Amazon not another vendor, and are in stock.

If this is their new business model, they can shove it. I expect them and hold them to the high standards they have proven in the past. I use them because in the past they have been consistent, easy to work with and very quick (for free shipping).

Lately their prices aren't always the lowest and now they raise the threshold for free shipping and it takes twice as long to ship the items.

I feel like they are just accommodating Prime users and the rest of us can just suck it!

Very annoyed

/end Rant

H9

woofiepaws

Mail and package theft is a problem here west of Seattle.

It takes 3 to 5 days before the item is shipped if it's going to the post office box.

If it's going to the house they ship almost immediately and UPS has it here in 2 days. Hopefully it doesn't get stolen.

Is it really that hard to drop a package in the mail?

WastelandWand'r

Is a pipe dream for me.