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Ironically, I feel so bad when I order five things in one order (ship when everything is ready, free shipping) and them Amazon sends me five different packages

by frossie 16y ago

Ironically, I feel so bad when I order five things in one order (ship when everything is ready, free shipping) and them Amazon sends me five different packages at great expense, that I am almost relieved they are offering this.

lionhearted 16y ago
> I feel so bad when I order five things in one order (ship when everything is ready, free shipping) and them Amazon sends me five different packages at great expense They were probably at different warehouse/shipping facilities and Amazon figured it was better to just fire them off than try to unite them in one place. I find when I order obscure stuff - uncommon books, a Go board, whatever - it's more likely to show up by itself than if I'm ordering mostly bestsellers and popular books.
sliverstorm 16y ago
Absolutely; same here. I try to group my shipments even though shipping cost is no longer an issue with Prime. In reality they probably have a deal worked out so that 2-day shipping doesn't cost practically anything, but I still feel that guilt when the expedite that $3.35 item to me. I wonder if guilt's part of the Prime business strategy? I still haven't figured out how it works out in their favor (which it has to, or they wouldn't offer it)
- pkulak 16y ago
  When I had Prime I still selected standard shipping all the time for things I just didn't need right away. I just didn't like the thought of all the fuel used to put some toothpaste on a plane instead of a truck.
- diskrete 16y ago
  There is also the guilt of having an item flown across the country and delivered by truck. An item that costs $10 and is readily available at a store 1/2 mile from your house. I’ve done that, because I can be done with it in two minutes and forget about it.
  - CWuestefeld 16y ago
    is readily available at a store 1/2 mile from your house. How did that item get to the store?
    - pdebruic 16y ago
      True. But it was probably accompanied with many other copies of itself. Also the truck arriving at the store likely delivered more cargo per mile driven than a UPS/FedEx/Mail equivalent. Those services are more expensive ($/gasoline/packaging/...) than just shipping a truck full of toothpaste to a distribution center and then hundreds of tubes to a multitude of stores because of the piecemeal fashion in which they pick up and drop off at the ends of their networks.

by frossie 16y ago

lionhearted 16y ago

> I feel so bad when I order five things in one order (ship when everything is ready, free shipping) and them Amazon sends me five different packages at great expense They were probably at different warehouse/shipping facilities and Amazon figured it was better to just fire them off than try to unite them in one place. I find when I order obscure stuff - uncommon books, a Go board, whatever - it's more likely to show up by itself than if I'm ordering mostly bestsellers and popular books.

sliverstorm 16y ago

Absolutely; same here. I try to group my shipments even though shipping cost is no longer an issue with Prime. In reality they probably have a deal worked out so that 2-day shipping doesn't cost practically anything, but I still feel that guilt when the expedite that $3.35 item to me. I wonder if guilt's part of the Prime business strategy? I still haven't figured out how it works out in their favor (which it has to, or they wouldn't offer it)

pkulak 16y ago
When I had Prime I still selected standard shipping all the time for things I just didn't need right away. I just didn't like the thought of all the fuel used to put some toothpaste on a plane instead of a truck.
diskrete 16y ago
There is also the guilt of having an item flown across the country and delivered by truck. An item that costs $10 and is readily available at a store 1/2 mile from your house. I’ve done that, because I can be done with it in two minutes and forget about it.
- CWuestefeld 16y ago
  is readily available at a store 1/2 mile from your house. How did that item get to the store?
  - pdebruic 16y ago
    True. But it was probably accompanied with many other copies of itself. Also the truck arriving at the store likely delivered more cargo per mile driven than a UPS/FedEx/Mail equivalent. Those services are more expensive ($/gasoline/packaging/...) than just shipping a truck full of toothpaste to a distribution center and then hundreds of tubes to a multitude of stores because of the piecemeal fashion in which they pick up and drop off at the ends of their networks.