Sears circling the drain

[cordex]

If your Prime order is late, complain about it to Amazon and they will give you a free month per the terms of your agreement.

[MillCreek]

Maybe it is because of my location, but I have been a Prime member for several years now, and pretty much all of my packages arrive within two business days.  The only exceptions, and they have been few, have been for weather-related delays, as when the blizzards shut down the air freight from the East Coast.  Most of my stuff arrives from either the Sumner, WA, or Henderson, NV warehouses.

[mtnbkr]

Prime has been super quick for me as well.  In fact, I sometimes get packages the day after ordering them.  I've ordered stuff Friday morning and had it arrive Saturday.  I even get Sunday deliveries via courier from them.

Eventually we're going to get to the point where the doorbell will ring as soon as I hit "Submit Order".

Chris

[KD5NRH]

Eventually we're going to get to the point where the doorbell will ring as soon as I hit "Submit Order".

If it comes down to tossing the buttwad in the bathroom window while I'm on the can placing the order from my phone, then I'll retract my statement about them beating WalMart.

[TechMan]

I read somewhere that the theory is that once they have to collect sales tax for all the states then they will build distribution centers in the corn fields of the major population centers.  They would then start offering dame day delivery. 

If they ever start experimenting with the drone delivery, my house sits within their delivery area.

[Tallpine]

I read somewhere that the theory is that once they have to collect sales tax for all the states then they will build distribution centers in the corn fields of the major population centers.  They would then start offering dame day delivery. 

If they ever start experimenting with the drone delivery, my house sits within their delivery area.

That could be a major selling point.     I wonder what their uniforms will look like?   

[SADShooter]

That could be a major selling point.     I wonder what their uniforms will look like?   

Fringed bikinis, of course.

[Fly320s]

Frigid bikinis, of course.

Fixed, for us Northern folk.

[MechAg94]

Fixed, for us Northern folk.

Still a pointedly good selling point.

[Ben]

My Amazon Prime has been ridiculously quick, including Sunday deliveries, and I've actually been finding that with some orders where they use USPS, I get my orders quicker than with UPS or Fedex. The only time I've ever had any problems or delays is during the holidays, when they start contracting for more Ontrac deliveries. Ontrac seems to hire knuckleheads for part time holiday help and orders are often delayed by a day or delivered to a neighbor. All the other carriers still get me my packages in two days, even the week before Christmas (not counting weather delays).

[roo_ster]

Loves me some amazon prime.  No complaints.

[RevDisk]

I've had generally extremely positive experiences with Prime. I use it a lot (for personal and work related equipment), so I've had packages be a day late here or there. Rare, but it happens.

I got my kitchen table (and chairs) off sent Next Day for $4 way back when.   

[AJ Dual]

Fringed bikinis, of course.

But the one breast that's cut off will be disconcerting to many people.

[RoadKingLarry]

But the one breast that's cut off will be disconcerting to many people.

That might depend on how it was cooked...

[SADShooter]

But the one breast that's cut off will be disconcerting to many people.

Fake funbags are fine, may the wonders of modern medicine never cease. Besides which, archery and spear throwing should be no issue with an appropriate sport bra, making classical mutilation unnecessary.

[Brad Johnson]

The order I placed on the 3rd finally shipped today for delivery... next Friday.

Brad

[Perd Hapley]

Eventually we're going to get to the point where the doorbell will ring as soon as I hit "Submit Order".

Once the drones figure out doorbells.

[MechAg94]

Once the drones figure out doorbells.

I figure the classical mail box will turn into a drop basket of some kind with an RFID chip or something to confirm the address electronically.

[41magsnub]

I love Prime.  The only issues I've ever had were with 3rd party vendors poorly packing something a few times, but it by god got here on time broken or not!

[Jamisjockey]

Prime add ons are great, too.  Order something like an electronic component, and often you can get cables and such added to the order that aren't expensive enough to normally be prime eligible.

[never_retreat]

Amazon swindled to post office to do those deliveries to keep them afloat.
Prime really has only been possible with the multiple warehouses. Very rarely do I get a prime package that used some type of express shipping.
FYI if you don't know if you have prime you can gift it so a few other people. We gift it to my brother and my father in law.

[MechAg94]

Amazon swindled to post office to do those deliveries to keep them afloat.
Prime really has only been possible with the multiple warehouses. Very rarely do I get a prime package that used some type of express shipping.
FYI if you don't know if you have prime you can gift it so a few other people. We gift it to my brother and my father in law.

At least they do it better than Cheapthandirt.  Those scammers will charge you shipping separately if the item comes from a different warehouse.  You can end up with shipping charges that are more than the cost of the order if you are not paying attention to the final tally. 

[MechAg94]

Back on Sears, from what I am hearing, fixing the stores would require cleaning house on a great number of middle managers to even start fixing the problems.  I doubt that would be worth it. 

IMO, once a good organization lets in idiots into its management structure and tolerates them, they hire and promote more idiots to the point that it is hard to clean up.  Idiots tend to multiply and decision making at the point of sale/production suffers.

[Jamisjockey]

Amazon swindled to post office to do those deliveries to keep them afloat.
Prime really has only been possible with the multiple warehouses. Very rarely do I get a prime package that used some type of express shipping.
FYI if you don't know if you have prime you can gift it so a few other people. We gift it to my brother and my father in law.

USPS needed a good swindling.  In a free market, they'd be done.