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I wish we had more things like this in the UK. Amazon have won with reliable and dependable next-day shipping, but often the items you get are awful quality.

I wish we had more things like this in the UK. Amazon have won with reliable and dependable next-day shipping, but often the items you get are awful quality. Yet you "have to" order from Amazon because delivery from any other website is usually "8-10 working days" or an extra £8.99 for next-day of £15.99 if tomorrow happens to be Saturday or Sunday etc, or they require a signature and won't leave it so you end up making an hour round trip to go get your parcel from some warehouse somewhere because they refused to deliver etc .. Fuck it just get something from Amazon. Sigh. I want to buy decent quality stuff from other retailers but their shipping is really spoiling it.

speps 5y ago
At least in the UK, we have Argos and ScrewFix and that covers most of the things Amazon would need to deliver next day for me but I can pick it up same day instead.
DharmaPolice 5y ago
Yeah, I share this experience. I assist elderly relatives with some of their online purchases and any time we don't use Amazon there's a 50% chance it's a bizarre ordeal. The speed of delivery is the main selling point but for a lot of items it doesn't matter if it's one day or three days or five days. It becomes a problem when it's just not delivered at all or it takes 3-4 weeks or is delivered to the wrong address. A lot of it seems to be management of third party delivery firms. I don't remember ever having to interact with a courier directly with an Amazon order (even for the orders not delivered by Amazon Logistics). It's frustratingly frequent with most other retailers.
aembleton 5y ago
Strange, I find eBay when filtered to UK sellers gives me a good experience. Usually no postage charge and I get the item in a few days. I don't have Amazon Prime so the experience is about the same for me. For anything I need immediately, I check out Argos, Screwfix or Toolstation. Sometimes I'll walk at lunchtime to the local hardware store if I want to check the item in person against say a rusted piece. But, not everyone has that option.

speps 5y ago

At least in the UK, we have Argos and ScrewFix and that covers most of the things Amazon would need to deliver next day for me but I can pick it up same day instead.

DharmaPolice 5y ago

Yeah, I share this experience. I assist elderly relatives with some of their online purchases and any time we don't use Amazon there's a 50% chance it's a bizarre ordeal. The speed of delivery is the main selling point but for a lot of items it doesn't matter if it's one day or three days or five days. It becomes a problem when it's just not delivered at all or it takes 3-4 weeks or is delivered to the wrong address. A lot of it seems to be management of third party delivery firms. I don't remember ever having to interact with a courier directly with an Amazon order (even for the orders not delivered by Amazon Logistics). It's frustratingly frequent with most other retailers.

aembleton 5y ago

Strange, I find eBay when filtered to UK sellers gives me a good experience. Usually no postage charge and I get the item in a few days. I don't have Amazon Prime so the experience is about the same for me. For anything I need immediately, I check out Argos, Screwfix or Toolstation. Sometimes I'll walk at lunchtime to the local hardware store if I want to check the item in person against say a rusted piece. But, not everyone has that option.