China Shipping - Page 2

Venezia · ‎03-09-2010

@AuntMame - I had that happen with Amazon, when I ordered a new case for DH's phone. It said "in stock", it was Prime shipping.

When it hadn't even shipped over two weeks later, I thought what the heck is going on. Finally realized it must be on a slow boat from China and wasn't expected to be delivered for what would have been a month.

I didn't need it that badly. I cancelled and when it asked why, I clicked that it was taking too long! So much for Prime shipping.

(Most of the time my shipping with Amazon is fast, to give them credit.)

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AuntMame · ‎10-16-2010

@Venezia wrote:
@AuntMame - I had that happen with Amazon, when I ordered a new case for DH's phone. It said "in stock", it was Prime shipping.

When it hadn't even shipped over two weeks later, I thought what the heck is going on. Finally realized it must be on a slow boat from China and wasn't expected to be delivered for what would have been a month.

I didn't need it that badly. I cancelled and when it asked why, I clicked that it was taking too long! So much for Prime shipping.

(Most of the time my shipping with Amazon is fast, to give them credit.)

It's frustrating, isn't it? Especially since Amazon has been so dependable in the past.

Amazon keeps asking whether I want to cancel my orders. After two months waiting, yeah I do. But when I start to cancel, Amazon says that if I cancel I will be charged shipping for the other items in the order because the order total will be less than the $35 needed to get free shipping. <groan> Why should I pay for Amazon's incompetency? So I'll let the orders time-out instead.

Annoying. It's upholstery thread that I need for a project. I can't buy it anywhere local, now that JoAnn's is out of business.

Amazon has always been so quick and convenient for things like this. And dependable. I worry that those days are gone.

Ironic. Such simple things that were so easily available in the past--just a few years ago upholstery thread could be conveniently purchased from local upholstery stores (they're all out of business now), or JoAnn's or Hancock's--are now inaccessible thanks to our digital age.