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They usually still combine it. If I have ordered something and then remember to order something else shortly later they still will often ship together anyway.
by Fogest 5y ago
They usually still combine it. If I have ordered something and then remember to order something else shortly later they still will often ship together anyway.
- op00to 5y agoThat’s funny! I was just talking to my wife about how I was frustrated that they don’t combine shipments here as I stared at 4 stupid Amazon envelopes on my porch! How can Amazon be so different from fulfillment center to fulfillment center!
- syshum 5y agoThe orders are not filled based on the order. You can have a single order in 5 different shippments, or 5 orders in a single shipment. how many shipments is largely governed by 1. What fulfillment center has the products you orders, not every fulfillment center has ever product all the time . 2. Your shipping preference, often times on a single order it will ask you if you want "fastest" shipping which can be shipping products from multiple fulfillment center, or "less trips" which may take longer so inventory can arrive the fulfillment center with the rest of your order 3. If it fulfilled by Amazon or Not... If you order 3 items only 1 of which is "fulfilled by Amazon" then it will come from 3 different places.
- Fogest 5y agoHmmm, that is interesting. I wonder if the items were all in different fulfillment centers so when you ordered them separate they opted to send them separate instead of combining. Not sure how Amazon figures out that logic but I have definitely had many orders get combined. It doesn't always happen, but it's pretty frequent.
- NikolaNovak 5y agoI was frustrated & puzzled hugely as well, until I realized there's multiple fulfillment centres in my metropolis, and not all will have all the items. So while I ordered 5 items that I feel are logically related (e.g. "Guitar Music stuff" or "Computer stuff"), in reality they might come from multiple centres on multiple trucks. Amazon will usually mention an option "send using smallest number of packages" I think when they are from same centre but with potentially different shipping times. (and that's for "Sold and Shipped by Amazon" stuff; I haven't a foggiest how things which are Sold by XYZ but Fulfilled by Amazon; vs Sold & Shipped by ABC are done. I noticed in such situations they'll come with wildly different couriers as well; there's one minor company that absolutely positively does not actually deliver or accurately deliver packages to my house, but I haven't figured out the pattern/trigger and my complaints have gone to deaf ears)
- Stratoscope 5y ago> that's for "Sold and Shipped by Amazon" stuff; I haven't a foggiest how things which are Sold by XYZ but Fulfilled by Amazon; vs Sold & Shipped by ABC are done Fulfilled by Amazon is the same as Sold and Shipped by Amazon in this regard. They may combine these in one shipment; it's not separated by vendor. Sold and Shipped from $VENDOR is a separate system. Amazon notifies the vendor, who ships the merchandise using whatever delivery service they want to use. These orders will never be combined with a Sold and Shipped by Amazon or Fulfilled by Amazon order.
- ars 5y agoUse the Amazon Prime day to delay your shipments by 2 days or so (if you don't need them urgently), and they'll often combine the shipments.
- tfigment 5y agoI do this since items are left at my door and want fewer days I may have to stay home but it is never delivered that way. I can still get three different last mile delivery services for things I'd prefer in one late shipment and bought in same cart. I'm sure it's in the algorithm but it's not top priority.
- mike503 5y agoPart of Prime day benefits touted discounts or money back or something (at one point) and I have yet to see anything come from that. I’m curious if anyone has or what the deal is.