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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: intelli78 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 19:01:20

Title: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: intelli78 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 19:01:20

A bunch of items on Amazon that are normally 2 day Prime, are now showing "3-5 day Prime."

(http://i.imgur.com/BQR9Sh1.png)

Never seen this before. Not good. Anyone know what this is about?

Title: Re: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: exitfire401 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 19:02:28

Quote from: intelli78 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 19:01:20

A bunch of items on Amazon that are normally 2 day Prime, are now showing "3-5 day Prime."

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(http://i.imgur.com/BQR9Sh1.png)

Never seen this before. Not good. Anyone know what this is about?

Not sure...this makes me sad though.

Title: Re: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: nubbinator on Mon, 02 February 2015, 19:05:10

Likely an outside vendor that doesn't ship from one off their warehouses.  I know if it's Amazon or someone who ships from their warehouse, that option usually gives you money to spend on videos, books, or other e-goods.

Title: Re: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: demik on Mon, 02 February 2015, 19:05:24

maybe it's stuff that takes a day to process?

if not, this is lame. them also doing away with a set next day shipping price sucks.

Quote from: nubbinator on Mon, 02 February 2015, 19:05:10

Likely an outside vendor that doesn't ship from one off their warehouses.  I know if it's Amazon or someone who ships from their warehouse, that option usually gives you money to spend on videos, books, or other e-goods.

prime only ships from their warehouses IIRC. whether it's something amazon sells or if it's fulfillment.

anyway, OP, go to chat and ask them what's up with it and let us know.

Title: Re: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: intelli78 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 19:05:50

I Googled it and there are discussions of "3-5 day Prime" going back to at least 2012. So that gives me hope it's temporary or a fluke, rather than a new development.

I do not think they would be brazen enough to institute this change without an announcement; still, disturbing

Title: Re: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: 0100010 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 19:06:12

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200444160

Title: Re: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: demik on Mon, 02 February 2015, 19:08:29

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Some items are not available for Two-Day Shipping due to special shipping characteristics and instead will receive free standard shipping, which delivers in 3-5 business days.

then they shouldn't advertise it as prime >.>

Title: Re: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: intelli78 on Mon, 02 February 2015, 19:24:13

I just chatted with them and they said the same thing ^ about the special circumstances.

Title: Re: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: Novus on Tue, 03 February 2015, 00:12:08

Is it a stock thing?

Title: Re: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: katushkin on Tue, 03 February 2015, 04:14:42

So wait, your normal Amazon prime is 2 days? I guess that's what you get with a country so wide.

Title: Re: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: vivalarevolución on Tue, 03 February 2015, 06:44:29

It's terrible that we have to live in a world with 3 to 5 day shipping instead of two-day, and flights that take us across the country in three hours, but are delayed for a half-hour.  Real shame.

Title: Re: Amazon Prime 3-5 day?
Post by: minh278 on Wed, 04 February 2015, 02:43:17

Amazon is hurting from Prime. They actually lose money if you buy enough(i know the amount for my family is enough) which is why they had to raise the price of Prime. Im actually not sure how much longer prime will exist -_-.