Started Amazon Prime 3 years ago. The free 2-day shipping sure helped when we were traveling a lot. As each year went by more and more stuff we needed became available on Amazon, and they improved their shipping packaging too, so we felt more comfortable buying some of the expensive items too. Quite a few house items we got from Amazon - like our 100 pound glass TV-stand that we had shipped overnight for $3.99 (that's the overnight upgrade) and half expect to find shattered, but it came in perfect condition!
Um - you really do get it in 2 days! At least I always do. I can't think of one that has taken longer unless they state on the item page to allow extra time and those are rare and even those I think I've still gotten in 2 days. It must depend on sections of the US.
We use it, but with decreasing frequency. It allows for several different "ship to" addresses, so my kids use it (and reimburse me of course). Seems a fair number of intended purchases require that 1 or 2 days of "extra processing time", which moves effective delivery to 3 or 4 days, and in more than one of those cases, the package postmark showed it really was just longer shipping time.
