Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:57 pm
At the top of every order: "Select FREE Amazon Day Delivery below to have orders delivered together in fewer boxes on a single day."
I guess that could be targeted, so I may be seeing something that you are not.
You still get that option with Prime, but the truth is it is essentially mandatory now. Amazon's reputation was when it was 'get it to you in 2-3 days.' It's now 2-3 days from the time it ships, which isn't defined. I have done enough shopping with them that I've noticed a pattern. If you order something - pretty much anything - and you're not near a warehouse, they will sit on that order. Order a widget on Tuesday, and they will ship it Friday. Why? Because they are waiting to see if you order anything else between now and then, and want to combine the shipping.
Then:
Order a widget Tuesday morning, it ships Tuesday. One order, one package, 2-3 days from order to door.
Order a widget Tuesday morning, it ships Tuesday. Order a sprocket Tuesday night, it ships Wednesday morning. Order a doohickey Friday afternoon, it ships Friday. Three orders, three packages, 2-3 days each from order to door.
Now:
Order a widget Tuesday morning, it ships Friday. One order, one package, 5-6 days from order to door.
Order a widget Tuesday morning, order a sprocket Tuesday night, order a doohickey Thursday afternoon, it
all ships Friday. Three orders, one package, 2-6 days from order door, depending on when you ordered.
Now, I'm sure some of that was Amazon responding to pressure about worker conditions by reducing workload. But Amazon is Amazon, and most of it is probably because it saves them a ton on shipping, which boosts profits.