# Amazon Orders - Has anyone ever had one shipped in 24 hours

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 9, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-orders-has-anyone-ever-had-one-shipped-in-24-hours/102714 "2002-04-09T20:24:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-orders-has-anyone-ever-had-one-shipped-in-24-hours/102714/21 "2002-04-10T17:31:29Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Homebrew \*  
> \*\*I frequently order books, CDs and DVDs. Without exception they have all shipped within 24 hours. They often ship out the same day if I order before noon.
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> I wonder why the different levels of service exist? Am I lucky or are you unlucky? \*\*

A good question. I’m a tech-geek and order geek-books often. These books usually run more than $50 so just a few of them run into hundreds a month. I guess I spend in excess of $1200.00 a year with them, and possibly close to $2400 since I also read for pleasure. I would have thought that this would make me one of their better customers. I wonder why I consistently can’t get orders shipped? I am always careful about ordering books that say “usually ship in 24 hours.” When I need a book that ships in a longer time period, I usually put it in a separate order. Of course, as I said in the OP, I rarely need a book that quickly, so this is more of curiosity than anything else.

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-orders-has-anyone-ever-had-one-shipped-in-24-hours/102714/22 "2002-04-10T23:24:40Z")

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if the book is shipped out of the new castle, delaware facility, i get it within 24 hours.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-orders-has-anyone-ever-had-one-shipped-in-24-hours/102714/23 "2002-04-11T15:21:35Z")

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Well, late on Monday April 8th, I logged on to Amazon in Austin, and I ordered a DVD of “The Mikado” for my Mom in New York. She received it on the afternoon of Wednesday April 10th.

Not QUITE 24 hours, technically, but pretty dang good.

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