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We notice delivery on Amazon is out to 3-4 days now (on prime) and were not sure if it was due to supply or demand. Seems like demand.

system2 7y ago
In LA, it is around 6-7 days. I placed some orders, "earliest delivery" is saturday. My other orders are still in transit...
- _rs 7y ago
  Same in NYC
tedmiston 7y ago
In my area (midwest) Amazon (Prime) delivery is out to about 4 days. But it does seem to depend on the item. I ordered a tennis racquet "Prime" yesterday that was in stock and the quoted delivery isn't until Friday / Saturday. Prime Now is now unavailable entirely. At checkout, it simply says "No delivery times available" for all stores. Amazon Fresh also gives no available delivery windows.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 7y ago
  Northeast, also looking at 4 days out for prime deliveries depending on the item. Anything not in their regional hub is 4 days, things stocked regionally are still two days for new. I expect this to change soon.
- brianbreslin 7y ago
  I'm in Miami and its 4 days Prime now. I live 20 miles or less from 2 distribution centers.
- teejmya 7y ago
  Colorado, I ordered some grilling stuff yesterday and it's another three days out. They're definitely struggling for the same reason grocery stores are; it's not a stock limitation, it's not enough hands to move it.
  - thathndude 7y ago
    If amazon, a master of logistics, is struggling, imagine some of these other e-tailers and online shops. Got an email from a company i do work with, and they’re calling for 21 day delays for shipping items, and suspending new orders. Just because they literally cannot package and ship fast enough.
- pkaye 7y ago
  According to a news article from yesterday, Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods delivery have been stopped.
  - chx 7y ago
    Do you have a source?
    - pkaye 7y ago
      I tried to find the source but it looks like it was more speculation in a Reddit post. Sorry for the wrong info. Perhaps Amazon is just being overloaded.
  - reaperducer 7y ago
    There was an article in Reuters or WSJ or something similar about this. It was a computer glitch, and temporary.
  - techslave 7y ago
    in my area (bay area) you have to place the order at midnight. that is when the next time slots open up.
spike021 7y ago
Demand, I think. I wanted to order a few necessities and an extra thing (pizza pan). The pizza pan quite likely wouldn't be highly in demand during this (or I'm quite wrong, I don't know) but even with Prime it won't arrive for 4 days.
- sitdownyoungman 7y ago
  it's all in the same pick and place system in their warehouses, so i strongly suspect that everything will be impacted in some way.
  - a9h74j 7y ago
    Also (I presume): limited capacity in delivery, no matter how fast they can pick/place/package.
robotnikman 7y ago
Same. I honestly don't mind if my orders are arriving a little later, I just hope they treat their warehouse workers better.
- Symbiote 7y ago
  I wish they'd treat their warehouse workers better, and pay a fair tax, so until they do I'm not buying anything from Amazon. I use alternative, usually local or national rather than multinational, suppliers.
  - jcrites 7y ago
    Can you clarify what you mean by "pay a fair tax"? I would assume that Amazon (like most publicly traded companies) pays all the taxes that it's required to by law. > “Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands.” -- Judge Learned Hand (1872-1961), Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals
    - scholia 7y ago
      The problem is that multinational corporations can devise complicated ways to avoid paying taxes in the countries where they do business by exploiting tax havens, as Apple did in Ireland. Amazon has a huge business in the UK with offices, staff, stock and warehouses, but Amazon UK doesn't sell stuff. You are actually buying UK goods from UK warehouses with UK delivery etc but the money goes straight to Amazon EU Sarl in Luxembourg, where it has a sweetheart tax deal. So Amazon exploits the whole UK social system of education, health services, roads, police etc etc without paying the UK government for the benefits. This is really bad for the UK and other countries except Luxembourg. Meanwhile, Amazon EU Sarl reduces its taxes by paying Amazon Europe Holding Technologies SCS - a "non-resident" company -- hundreds of millions of euros for "intellectual property" rights that are basically untaxed (Amazon is paying itself), and the money gets spirited back to the USA. The cost of "intellectual property" is really just a made-up number. What is Amazon charging itself vast amounts of money for when its UK website and business processes are basically the same as its American and other websites? The whole thing may be legal but it's basically a fraud, and the EU ordered EU ordered Amazon to repay €250m in “illegal tax advantages”. Which is still chickenfeed for a company of Amazon's size and wealth. It's highly likely that European countries will introduce a "digital tax" on turnover to stop this kind of cheating. I expect Americans will get angry if or when that happens, but in the long run, we don't have an alternative. Infrastructure is expensive, and the money should come from the people who are benefiting from it. In the US, of course, Amazon gets tax breaks from people who want Amazon investment. New Jersey offered $7bn of tax incentives in its bid for Amazon's "second headquarters". If companies like Amazon actually paid the taxes required by law that would be nice. Instead they have armies of people finding wholly artificial ways to legally avoid paying those taxes.
gambiting 7y ago
Here in UK it seems fine. It's 9pm here and I just placed an order for delivery tomorrow.
- ctz 7y ago
  Amazon Pantry UK is four days for me, and still charging for "one day" delivery.
justinzollars 7y ago
Could be both
bsharitt 7y ago
I noticed my Amazon orders earlier today were scheduled way out(I've been practically next day on everything Amazon Prime recently) and it didn't even occur to me that it was tied the panic buying.
taurath 7y ago
In Seattle some items are a few days, and some are over a week out (currently saying the 24th).

system2 7y ago

In LA, it is around 6-7 days. I placed some orders, "earliest delivery" is saturday. My other orders are still in transit...

_rs 7y ago
Same in NYC

tedmiston 7y ago

In my area (midwest) Amazon (Prime) delivery is out to about 4 days. But it does seem to depend on the item. I ordered a tennis racquet "Prime" yesterday that was in stock and the quoted delivery isn't until Friday / Saturday. Prime Now is now unavailable entirely. At checkout, it simply says "No delivery times available" for all stores. Amazon Fresh also gives no available delivery windows.

Red_Leaves_Flyy 7y ago
Northeast, also looking at 4 days out for prime deliveries depending on the item. Anything not in their regional hub is 4 days, things stocked regionally are still two days for new. I expect this to change soon.
brianbreslin 7y ago
I'm in Miami and its 4 days Prime now. I live 20 miles or less from 2 distribution centers.
teejmya 7y ago
Colorado, I ordered some grilling stuff yesterday and it's another three days out. They're definitely struggling for the same reason grocery stores are; it's not a stock limitation, it's not enough hands to move it.
- thathndude 7y ago
  If amazon, a master of logistics, is struggling, imagine some of these other e-tailers and online shops. Got an email from a company i do work with, and they’re calling for 21 day delays for shipping items, and suspending new orders. Just because they literally cannot package and ship fast enough.
pkaye 7y ago
According to a news article from yesterday, Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods delivery have been stopped.
- chx 7y ago
  Do you have a source?
  - pkaye 7y ago
    I tried to find the source but it looks like it was more speculation in a Reddit post. Sorry for the wrong info. Perhaps Amazon is just being overloaded.
- reaperducer 7y ago
  There was an article in Reuters or WSJ or something similar about this. It was a computer glitch, and temporary.
- techslave 7y ago
  in my area (bay area) you have to place the order at midnight. that is when the next time slots open up.

spike021 7y ago

Demand, I think. I wanted to order a few necessities and an extra thing (pizza pan). The pizza pan quite likely wouldn't be highly in demand during this (or I'm quite wrong, I don't know) but even with Prime it won't arrive for 4 days.

sitdownyoungman 7y ago
it's all in the same pick and place system in their warehouses, so i strongly suspect that everything will be impacted in some way.
- a9h74j 7y ago
  Also (I presume): limited capacity in delivery, no matter how fast they can pick/place/package.

robotnikman 7y ago

Same. I honestly don't mind if my orders are arriving a little later, I just hope they treat their warehouse workers better.

Symbiote 7y ago
I wish they'd treat their warehouse workers better, and pay a fair tax, so until they do I'm not buying anything from Amazon. I use alternative, usually local or national rather than multinational, suppliers.
- jcrites 7y ago
  Can you clarify what you mean by "pay a fair tax"? I would assume that Amazon (like most publicly traded companies) pays all the taxes that it's required to by law. > “Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes. Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands.” -- Judge Learned Hand (1872-1961), Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals
  - scholia 7y ago
    The problem is that multinational corporations can devise complicated ways to avoid paying taxes in the countries where they do business by exploiting tax havens, as Apple did in Ireland. Amazon has a huge business in the UK with offices, staff, stock and warehouses, but Amazon UK doesn't sell stuff. You are actually buying UK goods from UK warehouses with UK delivery etc but the money goes straight to Amazon EU Sarl in Luxembourg, where it has a sweetheart tax deal. So Amazon exploits the whole UK social system of education, health services, roads, police etc etc without paying the UK government for the benefits. This is really bad for the UK and other countries except Luxembourg. Meanwhile, Amazon EU Sarl reduces its taxes by paying Amazon Europe Holding Technologies SCS - a "non-resident" company -- hundreds of millions of euros for "intellectual property" rights that are basically untaxed (Amazon is paying itself), and the money gets spirited back to the USA. The cost of "intellectual property" is really just a made-up number. What is Amazon charging itself vast amounts of money for when its UK website and business processes are basically the same as its American and other websites? The whole thing may be legal but it's basically a fraud, and the EU ordered EU ordered Amazon to repay €250m in “illegal tax advantages”. Which is still chickenfeed for a company of Amazon's size and wealth. It's highly likely that European countries will introduce a "digital tax" on turnover to stop this kind of cheating. I expect Americans will get angry if or when that happens, but in the long run, we don't have an alternative. Infrastructure is expensive, and the money should come from the people who are benefiting from it. In the US, of course, Amazon gets tax breaks from people who want Amazon investment. New Jersey offered $7bn of tax incentives in its bid for Amazon's "second headquarters". If companies like Amazon actually paid the taxes required by law that would be nice. Instead they have armies of people finding wholly artificial ways to legally avoid paying those taxes.

gambiting 7y ago

Here in UK it seems fine. It's 9pm here and I just placed an order for delivery tomorrow.

ctz 7y ago
Amazon Pantry UK is four days for me, and still charging for "one day" delivery.

justinzollars 7y ago

Could be both

bsharitt 7y ago

I noticed my Amazon orders earlier today were scheduled way out(I've been practically next day on everything Amazon Prime recently) and it didn't even occur to me that it was tied the panic buying.

taurath 7y ago

In Seattle some items are a few days, and some are over a week out (currently saying the 24th).