what's up with shipping, it's so inconsistent. Are they testing their customers patience or something? It's getting to the point where I'm considering starting a spreadsheet to quantify how poor the experience has been of late.
I don't have any evidence to back it up, but my feeling is their push to contractors for deliveries has really degraded the speed, quality, and consistency. I've read a lot of horror stories about how these people are treated, and how little they are paid. It's no surprise quality has dropped.
For me where I am they use UPS and once they actually ship it gets here in a few days, but even prime orders don't seem to bother leaving the warehouse for a week or more (for in-stock things). It's like every order is now "Amazon day orders" or something.
yah they play the whole get a $2 digital credit or whatever for orders. It kind of blurs the expectations too when now it's becoming the norm for things not to meet the 2day shipping expectations that is prime. Things are also blurred in the opposite direction with same day shipping or one day shipping on certain items. It's the inconsistency that's confusing and kind of invites you to stop guessing and just patiently wait like the old days of ordering something through the mail.
USPS, FedEx, or UPS? USPS is soo erratic and it's not Amazon's fault. I just received a USPS package not from Amazon four days after the initial delivery estimate. It sat at a distribution center for two days.
