nvestysly
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Okay, maybe I'm just becoming a grumpy old guy but it appears Amazon is changing the way they do business. I'm currently frustrated by two orders that were placed earlier this week. In both orders all the items are in stock and are sold by or fulfilled by Amazon so there are no third parties involved.
The status of the orders is "Preparing for Shipment." The Amazon web sites indicates orders may be in this status for several days. If something is in stock I don't understand why it's not ready for shipment with a tracking number in 48 hours or so. For one of these orders it's been a little over 48 hours and the other is well over 96 hours! That seems odd to me.
I only order 10 - 20 times a year and I don't use Prime. I have always used free shipping (slow, yes) but I wonder if Amazon isn't taking advantage of my situation to "urge" me to subscribe to Prime.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I called Amazon and they assured me the orders will be delivered within the maximum window they estimated. Those time frames correspond to the free shipping period I agreed to when I placed the order. But if it's going to take 4 or more days to actually put the item in a box and put a tracking number on it I am very suspect that it will arrive in time.
The status of the orders is "Preparing for Shipment." The Amazon web sites indicates orders may be in this status for several days. If something is in stock I don't understand why it's not ready for shipment with a tracking number in 48 hours or so. For one of these orders it's been a little over 48 hours and the other is well over 96 hours! That seems odd to me.
I only order 10 - 20 times a year and I don't use Prime. I have always used free shipping (slow, yes) but I wonder if Amazon isn't taking advantage of my situation to "urge" me to subscribe to Prime.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I called Amazon and they assured me the orders will be delivered within the maximum window they estimated. Those time frames correspond to the free shipping period I agreed to when I placed the order. But if it's going to take 4 or more days to actually put the item in a box and put a tracking number on it I am very suspect that it will arrive in time.