One upside-down V makes it sound like the owner wants to keep the make of their car private.
Happens to me all the time. I’m kinda rural and I’m always at the end of the line when things go out for shipping (it always leaves the local facility at 5 am and gets to my house around 5 or 6 pm).
If you are in a big city you probably get the shipping they originally promise. If you are out in the boonties like me and the package has to go through a few extra hops, then you have to wait an extra day or so.
I do. On Thursday it promises “will be delivered Friday.” As soon as I hit “placer order”, it says “will be delivered Saturday.” Then it comes Sunday, Not always, but often enough to be annoying.
Usually I don’t need it Friday, so it really isn’t a big deal.And it is loads better than the old days of two week mail order, without any tracking. But stop lying.
To be fair, I have got packages the same day I ordered them, too!
(To be fair, one was a book and it was still wet from where the handler dropped it in a puddle. That’s fast!)
Agree. We order tons of stuff from them and I can’t remember any issues. And when I say tons, I mean probably more than anyone here - my wife loves to $pend…
We used to live in Visalia, CA and several times we’ve received an order the same day we ordered it.
True, returns are so painlessly easy.
Not to de-rail this thread, but there have been studies that show that Amazon delivery has a lower carbon footprint than driving to various stores yourself.
Also, ISTM, paying more for a product somewhere else to keep your money from Jeff Bezos is cutting off your nose to spite your face.
My wife and I are retired and we sometimes discuss how we will describe our house when we are ready to sell and downsize. It’s a ranch-style and perfect for older residents who may have trouble with stairs. It’s also in an established neighborhood just minutes from numerous grocery stores and medical services. It’s a level 1/3 acre lot with no drainage problems and a driveway that will accommodate two cars easily.
But I think the kicker will be that I can honestly say the occupants will get their Amazon deliveries when promised. I get same-day delivery on a regular basis and I don’t think I’ve ever had a late delivery. It may show up on my porch at 8:30 PM, but it shows up. I hope the listing agent will understand when we price it.
It also does the “will be delivered on Saturday” bit for me. But it always does come on Saturday.
And always late in the day (typically 5 to 7 pm) which I find annoying, but technically it is delivered when they said it would be delivered.
Are you in a rural location? When you track the shipment does it have to go through a lot of hops to get to you?.
I leave things in the cart because I’m lazy…it harms no one as far as I can see.
I assume that placing an item in the cart removes it from available inventory. If there’s not many of a particular item in stock, that may prevent someone else from buying it, or alternately, instead of reporting out of stock it may temporarily switch to a third-party reseller at a higher price, neither of whch is fair to the buyer.
Nope. 11th largest metro area in the country. We are 40 minutes from the main delivery center, and 4 miles from a newer one, though it is a mystery how much the newer one stocks.
Somedays the packages are here by 7 am, which is darned impressive. Then somedays it says “delivery by 10am. Update: your package will arrive by 2. By 5. By 10pm. There is a delay in shipping.” And it has been “out for delivery” all day. Did it fall off the truck? Did the driver stop for a nooner that became an after-nooner that became an all-nighter?
I’ll have to check, but I don’t think Amazon tells me precisely where the package is (like, cross streets, or a dot on the map). Just “out for delivery”
That depends on if it’s Amazon, UPS, FedEx or USPS. The USPS is usually going to arrive with your regular mail at the regular time (if there is one). WIth FedEx and UPS you can track the package if you have the tracking number and you can see where it is if you have a (free) account with them. If it’s Amazon itself, it’s a mystery.
I don’t believe that’s the case, because I have placed an item in my cart before and when I went to purchase it I was told that it was no longer available.
The harm IMO is entirely to you. As noted above, I also think @wolfpup’s idea that stuff in someone’s cart is somehow reserved for them and only them to be incorrect.
FWIW, here’s my thought / objection:
Imagine you put items A & B in your cart to buy for sure, and items C and D in your cart to think about and maybe buy later. Then you wander off for a day or two and come back because you really want to buy item E. But you haven’t decided yet about C&D. What now?
You need to either decide right then buy (or not) C & D, or you have to delete them from your cart, then buy A & B & E, then either put them back in your cart to think about, or save them in a list or favorite or whatever to remember to still think about.
Seems to me you’d do as well to just use the list or save for later feature for its designed purpose in the first place when you find C & D and use the cart for its designed purpose in the first place to buy A & B when you find them, and later buy E when you find it.
You’re in effect tying your shoelaces together each time you sit down. No harm you say: “After all I’m sitting and I can untie them before I walk again.” True, you can. OTOH you’re creating a booby trap where the intended victim is you. What’s the upside to that?
Sometimes I get “hey, do you still want this?” deals, and, occasionally, coupons/discounts for stuff that’s been sitting in my cart for a while.
One of the nice features about Amazon delivery is that when the delivery van is in the neighbourhood, the “out for delivery” message switches to a map where you can track the van’s location and how many stops it is from your house. This may not be available everywhere but it’s available here and I live in the boonies, relatively speaking – a small town quite far from major population centers.
Thanks, I thought I saw this happen (inventory decremented) but it was probably after I actually ordered the item, not after I just placed it in the cart.
Interestingly, I saw this happen when I ordered two computer memory modules when Amazon indicated just two left in inventory. After the order was placed, instead of showing “out of stock” the Amazon listing changed from “sold and shipped by Amazon” to “sold by {xxx} and shipped by Amazon” and the price was higher.
Amazon returns used to be hassle free but that has changed in my corner of the world. I think this is worse than overly optimistic ship dates. I used to be able to do returns by printing out the shipping labels, boxing them up and bringing it to either Amazon’s local pick up locker location or to a local hardware store that UPS uses as a pick up spot. It didn’t cost anything other than a few minutes of my time, easy peasy.
Now to do a return I have to drive 30 miles to the nearest official “UPS Store” where they will pack and ship my package totally free. Nice except for the 60 mile round trip. My alternative is to PAY to have my packaged shipped from the local UPS pick up spot and still provide the label and box myself. It’s a discount from UPS’s normal shipping rate but I still have to pay for it. And the local Amazon locker is no longer offered as a drop off point. Amazon returns are effectively not free unless you have a UPS Store nearby.
No, Amazon returns can be processed by a wide variety of authorized returns centers, not just UPS stores. In my case, the nearest returns center is an office-supply store that, while not exactly right next door, is only a short drive away, and as I mentioned, I live pretty much in the boonies. I find the free returns without having to worry about packaging to be very convenient.
On one occasion recently when I ordered a pair of shoes and Amazon sent the wrong size, they said don’t even worry about returning them, we’ll just ship out the right ones. For all of the grumbling about Amazon, I’ve always found their customer service to be very good, though obviously there are always exceptions and someone somewhere is going to find a reason to be pissed off.
Not around here, according to Amazon. Believe me, I checked.
I have the additional option of dropping it off at Whole Foods and I don’t even need to box it up. They scan a code on my phone, put the item in a plastic bag and toss it in a giant bin.
Oh they will come get the package at your door. I’ve actually just recently had a shirt I wanted to return. I made the deal on Amazons return page. Didn’t have a box of bag or label. Nothing. He took from my hand. I went back inside and I was already refunded the total cost. No questions asked.
@LSLGuy , I can manage my Amazon cart, very easily. I know what’s in there. I know why I looked at it. I paused for any number of reasons.
The cart is on my Amazon page, it’s mine. If I want 30 items in it. So be it.
Now, if I was in the grocery store and put 12 chicken parts pkgs in the buggy and left it in the garden center. That’s my bad. But my Amazon cart totally belongs to me.
It ain’t hurting no other person that I can see. I know they go ahead and sell things. I’ve went to my cart to complete an order only to find it’s “currently unavailable”. So I leave it. Occasionally they’ve told me it’s now available.
So the cart is a safe place to stow your wants. Late at night I do it because the bright light of day may make me think of better options.
Yep, I ain’t ashamed. I’ll keep doing it.
Speaking for myself only, I frequently put stuff in my cart that I think I want to buy, only when I buy selection E, I re-think and decide I don’t really want A after all.
Also, when I’m browsing, it’s easier to click ‘save to cart’ for me. It’s pretty simple to click them to the cornfield if I don’t want them at checkout, where they’ll end up in my ‘saved for later’ section.