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I've been really surprised lately how often I go to a product page, see "Prime 2-day shipping, fulfilled by Amazon" and when I order it often takes ~5 days to g

I've been really surprised lately how often I go to a product page, see "Prime 2-day shipping, fulfilled by Amazon" and when I order it often takes ~5 days to get my order. Definitely picking the shipped/sold by Amazon listings too, not third party marketplace ones. I'm in the Bay Area, so not a remote area either. Also if I check the tracking, it's not that it gets stuck in the Bay, like if it's just a busy week of deliveries and they couldn't move mine; the order will get stuck in some random state in the country and not move, or sometimes it ends up in some other hub like in Florida or something despite starting in the Midwest. Or it just takes 3-4 days to ship from the warehouse. I wonder if some products just don't get marked as backordered and so it's a matter of Amazon needing to wait for stock to come in. Or they're just not guaranteeing 2-day delivery anymore.

bombcar 3y ago
Where I am they have pretty accurate delivery dates, they’re just “prime” and something like “early next week”. It’s annoying and makes Walmart just as good or better many times.
gs17 3y ago
>Or they're just not guaranteeing 2-day delivery anymore. They haven't been, in my experience. They used to throw you a free month (or more) when you complain it took a week, now they just kind of say you could return it if you want. Very late items sometimes do get a refund, but that's rare.