> Amazon promises 1-2 day delivery but has been falling through more often than first seen and can become a 2-4 day delivery. ... if you live in a big city. I

> Amazon promises 1-2 day delivery but has been falling through more often than first seen and can become a 2-4 day delivery. ... if you live in a big city. I'm pretty rural, there's a city of about 6000 nearby, two cities in the 20-50k population range within an hour, and Amazon Prime takes 5-7 days to deliver here. (Without Prime, Amazon seems to retaliate by switching from UPS to USPS, which means that on top of a 1-week delay I typically need to go to the post office to pick up the package.) Other sellers using seem able to do 2-day shipping here when they want to, so it sure sounds like cost savings at Amazon.