How about: It pays to look at the estimated delivery date and not just assume that “in stock” means you’ll get it in 2 days. I added the OP’s cushions to my cart and it says estimated delivery April 4-25 for $17 in shipping charges. Pay a dollar more for “expedited shipping” and get them March 20-23.
Nope, it originally was “fulfilled by Amazon” and in-stock, and it changed. This is not the first time that’s happened to me. I ordered a relatively cheap mattress from Amazon, and I don’t remember if it was sent by Amazon or fulfilled by Amazon; it definitely did not say it was a third-party seller. And I had previously, like a year before, ordered a similar mattress in a different size. Ordered from Amazon, sent Amazon Prime, delivered within a couple of days. But on this one, the arrival date kept changing and getting further and further out, so I contacted Amazon and eventually ended up with a person on the phone who told me that the item was no longer in stock at Amazon, it might be again, but I would have to cancel that order and put in a new one, at a higher price. Or I could just wait and see if maybe the thing would eventually be shipped to me from whoever it was. (I don’t think it was from China.) I opted to wait, and I eventually got it, a little over two months from the original “delivered” date.
In areas where the mail is delivered at the side of the street, some people have mailboxes with a second compartment for ads and newspapers. Although it often ends up in the middle of the driveway anyways. :rolleyes:
Or the paper ends up in your broken window, or in the giant tire that keeps mysteriously rolling into the street, or on the B-boy who was previously bicycle kicking in the air, or something embedded in the Grim Reaper himself.
In my area, Amazon has been using local drivers for a while. One of them came from somebody driving a sedan who walked up to my door, and dropped off the package. Lately, what Amazon does is take a picture of the package on my doorstep.
I wish!
Around here, even UPS and FedEx often take advantage of the “last mile delivery” thing and packages get left at to the PO.
Amazon has introduced two new delivery programs recently-ish, including the “average joe/jane delivers using their car, kind of like uber” program.
Fair point, but this is unrelated to the completely bogus claims in the OP.
I didn’t think you could send instruments of torture through the mail.
That’s what I initially read on Amazon’s help page. I even quoted Amazon’s description of the new delivery program later in this thread.
That’s what had me so upset. The last thing I want to do is play phone tag trying to contact a local delivery guy with a car. It’s hard enough getting packages from the major carriers.
Thankfully that wasn’t the case. The package was with the post office. A fact the Amazon tracking did not indicate.
You thought “China Post” was random uber driver in the states?
Dude, if you have questions about your shipping, call amazon, or look under help for contact us and use click to call (an agent will call you - quickly!) and ask. Amazon has a whole department dedicated to Amazon Logistics.
Next time I’ll know what China Post means and that I should check for a post office card.
Learning is a process eveyone has to go through.
The only contact button Amazon offered sent email to the seller. It auto replied there was a two day response for seller replies.
It all worked out in the end and I’m pleased with the cushions.
Coincidentally, as I was leaving work yesterday one of these new “average person delivery” people was attempting to deliver a package in the building I work (I helped him find the right elevator).
I have a serious love-hate feeling for the “average person delivery” system. I live in a funky old building that is now several apartments but used to be a house, and we share a driveway with another house (which is much more visible than our building). There are a couple of main entrances to the building itself, and the apartment doors are inside. It really throws off unfamiliar delivery people, to the point where if I’m expecting a food delivery I’ll keep an eye out through the front window and my phone nearby for the inevitable confused call. All they need to do is just open the damn door out front, but a lot of them assume it’s someone’s apartment door even though it isn’t marked with any unit numbers, isn’t locked, and typically is partially open. My delivery instructions are pretty detailed these days.
So! Amazon’s setup means Sunday deliveries are possible! Great! Except, without fail, I’ll watch the tracking information update from “Out for delivery” to a note about how delivery wasn’t possible because they couldn’t access the delivery location. Every single time. I’d be happy if they would just leave the package out front, like a lot of typical drivers will, or call me when my number is on the package, but they never do.
Stop getting my hopes up, Amazon! 
If it’s from Amazon, there isn’t a “seller” to message. So, which is it?
Sounds like you are describing a 3rd party seller, not Amazon or even FBA (which is the same as Amazon for shipping).
Newsflash - I have sold on Amazon as a 3rd party seller, as a FBA merchant, and even worked as an employee for Amazon.
When I was a 3rd party seller Amazon NEVER told me how to ship something. They gave me the order and said “ship this by this date.” There were ranges and vague descriptions and then I chose how to send something. For example, standard shipping for books I used Media Mail. For expedited I used USPS Priority, but there was nothing at all saying I had to use those specific services or any carrier on general. If I agreed to offer Expedited it just had to get there in a certain number of days. And every item I sold showed the origin location.
Personally I’ve never bought anything ACTUALLY from Amazon that wasn’t shipped by UPS, USPS, or Fedex, and I can’t tell you how many years it’s been that I bought something that was more than 2 days shipping.
As for major carriers, a few days ago UPS tried to deliver an empty box that was supposed to contain a $400 item (not from Amazon but from another big brand many of us use daily). I am glad that the driver alerted me and did not let me sign for it, but apparently one of their employees stole it somewhere in the chain. And now I’m waiting for their investigation while I pay twice for this item (replacement delivered by Fedex).
You forgot that the page for the given item very clearly states that the item ships from a company that is clearly not Amazon.