Business are restructuring the workforce to keep open. One thing that's happening is workforces are splitting into two or more teams working on alternate days. This is to lessen the chance of the whole workforce being exposed at once. However the daily workforce is cut in half.
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Amazon shipping delays?
- Thread starter dkelley
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Amazon workers are people too. Same rules (should) apply to them.
I'm not sure I've heard anything good about working in order fulfillment at Amazon.
I gave up on amazon long ago when they started delaying shipments for non-prime subscribers. Ebay is my main go to for online shopping. Similar if not cheaper prices and much faster shipping.
As people move from Amazon to Ebay, WalMart online, Walgreens online, etc. due to better delivery schedules, Amazon will find their burden lessened and delivery estimates will improve. Welcome to supply and demand in action.
Not so with prime, until now. The discounts on amazon were always good, and prime made shipping free and near instantaneous on many items, making is far less costly than other sources that I used to use.
However without prime being functional, that is no longer true..... so yea the tides will turn.
Pretty much my experience also; getting several items over the next few days ordered yesterday and today. One already shipped.
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1. No one told you to get everything on line. Many have been cautioning otherwise.
2. With everything going on n the world, prompt delivery of whatever you want to order is the least of your worries/concerns. Priorities dude?
2. With everything going on n the world, prompt delivery of whatever you want to order is the least of your worries/concerns. Priorities dude?
It's a good time to think about how pampered we are while most humans aren't.
Such a complaint is indecent on many levels OP. Be glad to have online services at all and truck drivers risking to get infected so you don't have to.
Such a complaint is indecent on many levels OP. Be glad to have online services at all and truck drivers risking to get infected so you don't have to.
totally. I'm very understanding of that.
However, a major change in their special, extra cost, pay in advance "I need it urgently" delivery system is big news as it does affect a LOT of people in some pretty serious ways.
At least, that's what I'm seeing in my local circle of family and friends.
If it's because they can't keep up due to their own social distancing, that's fine. But that doesn't change the end result, which is all I'm talking about here.
I'm not blaming amazon or saying they're wrong to do that or that they have a choice.
I'm asking if others are experiencing this, and then trying to figure out what to do, if others have recommended delivery systems that are quicker with other online order companies, and so forth.
Here in Atlanta, we have Amazon vans driving up and down our residential street all day long, from 7 am to 10 pm. I read that Amazon (and Walmart and other megas) are hiring, like, 100,000 new employees for stocking, fulfillment, delivery. The pipeline is getting bigger, day by day, but also now EVERYONE is ordering from Amazon, similar to "everyone" buying a lifetime supply of toilet paper in one day. The woman across the street must've had seven different deliveries the other day. I'm sure she's not the only manic shopper. That's what/who you and your wife are competing against these days. As Gorn noted, things have changed.... and will likely change again and again in the coming days.
I ordered a hard-to-find item through Amazon last week. The vendor shipped quickly but sent the wrong product. They have yet to respond to my communications. In the mean time, I ordered from the next cheapest vendor and got the product a couple days later. You just have to keep banging. Good luck!
I ordered a hard-to-find item through Amazon last week. The vendor shipped quickly but sent the wrong product. They have yet to respond to my communications. In the mean time, I ordered from the next cheapest vendor and got the product a couple days later. You just have to keep banging. Good luck!
But who is going to deliver my essential tea tree extract??
Seriously though, we have some pretty big problems right now and nobody knows how much more intense this is going to get. We are all going to have to be creative in order to acquire the essentials needed for daily life.
Yeah everything is taking about 4 to 5 days and some things, like guitar cables are taking a month.
I think they are setting dates out further than necessary to cover themselves. I see why they do it. I ordered something Saturday and delivery was projected on Thursday of this week. It showed up today.
Once things ever mellow out, they need to adjust our premium, or extend our memberships. I understand the circumstances, but I pay $120 a year for speedy shipping and their pretty much lousy video service. The shipping speed isn't being honored right now and that will need to be addressed.
It's explained in my responses later on in this thread (long before your reply above).
In my case - health product only available through mail order. Health product my wife uses that is only reliable way to prevent her very serious migraine issue (ongoing for years). Now she'll be probably 3 weeks without it, which will absolutely adversely affect her health to the point of being bedridden much of the time.
"Priorities dude? " Really? Why'd you assume it wasn't very important? Never assume things without reading onwards. I didn't detail the reasons because it wasn't relevant to explain WHY I was concerned. I am concerned about amazon. Your reasons may be different from mine. Maybe you should try to people credit for being able to prioritize things as adults all by themselves.
And yes lots of people are saying to get things online - and everything you buy you should wipe down with disinfectant, online or in store or food delivery. Alternative to online ordering is phone ordering to your local brick and mortar store or going out to your local brick and mortar store - the latter of which is strongly advised against, and where I live they are now starting to fine people for not respecting social distancing (no closer than 2 meters, groups of larger than X people).
Where did you get your information saying that it's cautioning against online ordering? Because there is certainly a lot of different information depending on where you live, your local government info, and just availability where you are.
What do you mean? That could be interpreted a lot of ways
In my case, I'm asking firstly because my wife needs me to order a natural health care product and we are concerned about how long it could take to get here now.
Also I need to order instrument strings (violin in this case) - and yes this isn't my primary job any more (music) but I still get paid work doing remote sessions, and I never had to worry about whether I'd have strings for a session in my past.
Finally, with online ordering becoming the only recommended way to shop soon (they just implemented policeable fines here for not following social distancing rules), groceries could be arriving using shipping systems like this.
1) I can't imagine your being arrested for grocery shopping. If you're starving, and you get arrested for going to buy food, something is wrong.
2) I placed an order late yesterday. Sunglasses are showing Thursday for delivery. Three shirts are showing April 21st (these were not Prime). So I guess it depends on the items and where they're located. I've got more shirts than I can wer and probably shouldn't have ordered them anyway. I was just bored and I've lost some weight so I figured I would get some slim fit V neck T shirts.
Amazon is doing AMAZING things during all of this. They are hiring thousands of workers and a re shipping packages at record pace. Honestly, they're almost too good to be true right now. Kudos to them and I hope Jeff makes another zillion dollars.
I order our dog's food (Avoderm) from Amazon. After seeing this thread I ordered right away as I usually order every 25 days or so. The order is slated to be delivered April 21st. Not a big deal but I'm glad I saw this thread and ordered now.
