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Yet another thing missing (which is huge for me personally) is predictability of shipping. If I buy something on Amazon via Prime (which means Amazon themselve
by georgemcbay 15y ago
Yet another thing missing (which is huge for me personally) is predictability of shipping.
If I buy something on Amazon via Prime (which means Amazon themselves will be fulfilling it), I know that if I order it 2 day shipping it will arrive in 2 days. If I bump it up to next day shipping (within the clearly marked and real-time updated window of shipping) it will arrive tomorrow.
Amazon and Newegg are the only two web retailers that I trust to predictably get my items on a set time-table. It is all too common for other online sites to gladly accept orders for next day shipping or two day shipping at ridiculous markup and then actually use those shipping methods but only after sitting on the order for days before actually shipping it out... not exactly what I had in mind, guys.
- jacques_chester 15y agoSadly, this isn't true of international shipping. Depending on where you are in Australia it's entirely hit-and-miss.
- nfriedly 15y agoAgreed completely. I don't think a lone up-vote fully conveys how big of a deal this is to me. I've had horrible experiences with other sites not being able to give me a delivery date, or even worse, giving me one and not making it. I called pcrush.com a while back to confirm that ordering with 2-day shipping would get the item to me by that Friday. When it hadn't arrived by Saturday, I called back and learned that they had just shipped it that morning! I don't think Amazon has ever been late in the two years I've had prime.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoAs much as I like moo cards I find their shipping options frustrating. You can order 2nd day shipping or even overnight shipping. But you can't jump ahead in the print queue, which can take as long as a week, making most of the shipping options completely meaningless.