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Amazon Shipping

Biftu — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:39:08 GMT

What happened to fast delivery? Yesterday I ordered two gifts for people out of town and the delivery dates were 12/27 to 1/9. Both items were being shipped from Amazon. I'm not a Prime member but this is a long time. So much for buying Christmas gifts from Amazon.

Re: Amazon Shipping

tansy — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:36:15 GMT

I am having the same issue with slow shipping, @Biftu

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I am still oxox — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:43:34 GMT

@Biftu wrote:
What happened to fast delivery? Yesterday I ordered two gifts for people out of town and the delivery dates were 12/27 to 1/9. Both items were being shipped from Amazon. I'm not a Prime member but this is a long time. So much for buying Christmas gifts from Amazon.

@Biftu All of it depends on the vendor, this happens with some overseas vendors, I watch delivery dates before I order and I have been Prime for many years

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Bonkers1 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:50:10 GMT

I am a Prime Member and still my items have been delayed lately.

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tansy — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:50:56 GMT

@I am still oxox wrote:
@Biftu wrote:
What happened to fast delivery? Yesterday I ordered two gifts for people out of town and the delivery dates were 12/27 to 1/9. Both items were being shipped from Amazon. I'm not a Prime member but this is a long time. So much for buying Christmas gifts from Amazon.
@Biftu All of it depends on the vendor, this happens with some overseas vendors, I watch delivery dates before I order and I have been Prime for many years

@I am still oxox Both @Biftu @and I are ordering items shipped by Amazon. They are having delivery issues.

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tansy — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:52:14 GMT

@Bonkers1 wrote:
I am a Prime Member and still my items have been delayed lately.

I experienced that, too, and decided to drop my longtime Prime membership.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 19:30:18 GMT

Amazon has had lay-offs potentially affecting 30,000, trying to streamline their operations.

They may have over-done it. At the least, they haven't adjusted to the loss of positions.

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Etoile308 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 19:38:27 GMT

I think some Amazon delivery areas have always had issues with timely deliveries.

I'm a Prime member and noticed the lengthy delivery times last week when I went to order some ribbon, all being fulfilled by Amazon. Most were estimating delivery at least ten days out.

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Marp — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 19:42:57 GMT

Some of my Amazon orders are also taking longer than usual; the majority are items that are sold and shipped by Amazon.

I'm wondering if Amazon is renting space on their aircraft to UPS and FedEx while so many of their aircraft is grounded. If so that would have some impact on Amazon getting products to their various distribution points.

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LdyBugz — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:12:12 GMT

@Biftu. I'm a Prime member and seeing the same problem with orders for the past couple of weeks. All items were shipped from Amazon. The orders will state they arrived at the local hub, then out for delivery, and then "we're sorry, your order is delayed". Then they update to "out for delivery" the next day, but the same thing happens again, a few times over. I've cancelled a couple of orders after repeated delay notices.

They should have held off on layoffs during the busiest time of the year, not to mention it would have helped those workers that need their paychecks.

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mrshckynut — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:25:10 GMT

@Bonkers1 prime member here also and same situation on many orders. One however we got overnight

mrshckynut

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Janey2 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:40:07 GMT

Just ordered 3 items late last night. Could have had 2 delivered by 8 am. One is coming tomorrow. Depends what you order and where it is being shipped from. I still find Amazon the fastest delivery available.

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pdlinda — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:47:31 GMT

@Janey2 I live in Phoenix and order from Amazon practically every single day. For whatever reason, I haven't noticed any delay in any of my orders and that includes gift orders I have made to various locations.

Sometimes I think my acct has some sort of "flag" that zips my orders out PRONTO because I order so much (THAT'S A JOKE!!)

I unexpectedly ran out of Vit. C the other day, ordered it and it arrived the next day that I really APPRECIATED!

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conlt — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:52:31 GMT

I have had slow shipping too. Last night, I got an Amazon delivery around 8:30 at night. It was an Amazon truck. I felt kind of bad for the delivery driver.

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Tori3569 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:58:39 GMT

It was inevitable that Amazon would hit this roadblock. The variations of free shipping (overnight, same day, etc) are not sustainable, especially after laying people off.

I use Amazon frequently but am keeping my prime membership because we have several subscriptions for our pets coming from Amazon at good prices. I do try to ship my things together when possible, so I create my own delay.

At least QVC won't be compared to Amazon as frequently. 😸

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Tinkrbl44 — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:02:43 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Amazon has had lay-offs potentially affecting 30,000, trying to streamline their operations.

They may have over-done it. At the least, they haven't adjusted to the loss of positions.

@Kachina624

What? That's weird.

Who does lay-offs at the beginning of the holiday season?

Usually retailers need to hire short-term and part-time help.

Re: Amazon Shipping

Biftu — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:38:26 GMT

Fastest delivery available? I don’t consider a three to five week delivery fast. Sales lost from me, not that they care!

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occasionalrain — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:40:07 GMT

There's nothing I've ordered lately that I need quickly, so I've been delaying delivery hoping it frees up space for those who do.

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I am still oxox — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 22:12:41 GMT

Our Amazon instructions are very specific to leave at door I would say this happend about 25% of the time. Last package was left next door. At lease a have a freind there and she got the package to me

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Marp — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 22:22:23 GMT

@LdyBugz wrote:
@Biftu. I'm a Prime member and seeing the same problem with orders for the past couple of weeks. All items were shipped from Amazon. The orders will state they arrived at the local hub, then out for delivery, and then "we're sorry, your order is delayed". Then they update to "out for delivery" the next day, but the same thing happens again, a few times over. I've cancelled a couple of orders after repeated delay notices.

They should have held off on layoffs during the busiest time of the year, not to mention it would have helped those workers that need their paychecks.

@LdyBugz, most of the employees laid off were in corporate middle management not warehouse workers.