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> but after 2day shipping, you cant go back Maybe it's a US-market issue, but I don't understand why Amazon is lauded for two-day shipping as if it is unique.
by dingaling 9y ago
> but after 2day shipping, you cant go back
Maybe it's a US-market issue, but I don't understand why Amazon is lauded for two-day shipping as if it is unique.
They don't have any particular delivery logistics genius except bulk-purchase discounts from the carriers.
The 'Amazon Prime' air cargo fleet is leased from an industry-standard cargo airline, nothing unique or exclusive.
And they make silly errors that show how their shipping system works; they won't ship lithium batteries ( or even DSLR cameras ) to Northern Ireland even though they have a logistics warehouse here. Because the inter-warehouse backhaul is via Royal Mail, who won't carry hazardous items.
- Spooky23 9y agoThey made massive capital investments that allowed Amazon to bypass carrier routing. So they use government subsidy to deliver to expensive addresses (USPS), UPS to handle exceptions, (and to tie up capacity from competitors) and job out delivery to cut rate services whenever possible. Few other retailers do that. A retailer like Willams Sonoma has one warehouse in northern Mississippi and one in Nevada, close to UPS/Fedex hubs. They probably get 3 day delivery for 50% of orders, but can not commit to anything.
- quicklyfrozen 9y agoIt is pretty unique in the US. Most other vendors will take 5-7 days to get to me in the north east (probably because a lot of imported goods end up warehoused on the west coast). I don't think too many other online vendors in the US have their own delivery vans/trucks.
- ryhamz 9y agoNobody else ships like them in the US. Getting a product to me from California is 500 more land miles than someone in Rome ordering from Moscow.