Pat Frank
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Michael,
I signed up for Prime on the day it was announced. I've placed several orders since then, and all shipped the same day. Here's a quick summary of my most recent orders:
- Placed earlier today (March 4th), "Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country" and "Star Trek Generations" SEs. UPS shows it on tracking for delivery on the 8th, which is two days if you don't count the weekend.
- Placed March 2nd (Wednesday), a computer game. Received today, March 4th.
- Placed February 21st, a CD carrying case. Received February 23rd.
- Placed February 18th, "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "Casablanca" SEs. Received February 22nd (that's two days if you don't count Saturday and Sunday).
However, glancing back a little further, I see that my Superbit "Tommy" DVD was not shipped on the 10th when I ordered it. It shipped on the 11th. But that's still within the promised "ships within 24 hours" notice.
I've been using them for a long time and I do get occassional delays, so I'm not saying that didn't happen to you -- I'm quite sure it did. I just wanted to give some additional input on the subject. In general those delays seem to happen about one order in ten for me.
In fact... yes, I see one. On Jan 28th (Friday) I ordered the Unforgiven SE DVD, and it didn't ship until Wednesday the 2nd. That's roughly two days not counting the weekend (and they will generally "ship" on Saturdays, so really that's a 3 day delay). (That was just before the Prime deal went into place.)
For what it's worth, I think this new Prime deal is clearly an attack on market share, to try and lure business away from other e-tailers. I fear for the little guys out there. But at the same time, it's hard to say no to free 2-day shipping and no sales tax.
I signed up for Prime on the day it was announced. I've placed several orders since then, and all shipped the same day. Here's a quick summary of my most recent orders:
- Placed earlier today (March 4th), "Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country" and "Star Trek Generations" SEs. UPS shows it on tracking for delivery on the 8th, which is two days if you don't count the weekend.
- Placed March 2nd (Wednesday), a computer game. Received today, March 4th.
- Placed February 21st, a CD carrying case. Received February 23rd.
- Placed February 18th, "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" and "Casablanca" SEs. Received February 22nd (that's two days if you don't count Saturday and Sunday).
However, glancing back a little further, I see that my Superbit "Tommy" DVD was not shipped on the 10th when I ordered it. It shipped on the 11th. But that's still within the promised "ships within 24 hours" notice.
I've been using them for a long time and I do get occassional delays, so I'm not saying that didn't happen to you -- I'm quite sure it did. I just wanted to give some additional input on the subject. In general those delays seem to happen about one order in ten for me.
In fact... yes, I see one. On Jan 28th (Friday) I ordered the Unforgiven SE DVD, and it didn't ship until Wednesday the 2nd. That's roughly two days not counting the weekend (and they will generally "ship" on Saturdays, so really that's a 3 day delay). (That was just before the Prime deal went into place.)
For what it's worth, I think this new Prime deal is clearly an attack on market share, to try and lure business away from other e-tailers. I fear for the little guys out there. But at the same time, it's hard to say no to free 2-day shipping and no sales tax.