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[KathyPet]

ordered 4 things on line at noon today. Just received notification that they have shipped and will be delivered tomorrow, Sunday. Hmm, maybe QVC should take note. Why would I order any name brand goods from QVC can and wait a week when I can get this kind of service from AmaZon?

[gazelle77]

Good question!

[sunshine45]

it can be done......i ordered the carole hochman TSV the day that it was on special (fairly early in the morning) and i received the 3 piece set the next day.

[stevieb]

I'm always in awe when I see these threads about Amazon's shipping. I shop Amazon for the variety, not for their prices, which aren't always among the best, and for the free shipping, which I've often found is often not the fastest... I ordered a number of items from Amazon weeks ago and am still waiting for some of them... Personally, I find department stores among the quickest to ship and deliver, and while QVC can be slow, I generally don't find them inordinately so... Amazon, on the other hand, seems to be so erratic and sometimes among the slowest to get orders to me... I look the other way because they don't charge me to ship most of what I order.

[RibbonsRosesRainbows]

I see. Yet QVC makes a lot of money on shipping.

[september]

I ordered two things from Amazon on Saturday, last week, and didn't think I'd get them until Tuesday. They arrived on Monday.

I have Prime, which gives me 2 day delivery, and it never used to include Sundays. How do you get both next day delivery + Sunday?

[croemer]

Love Amazon.

[raven-blackbird]

Amazon rocks..............LOVE IT.........................................raven

[DoneTryin]

On 10/18/2014 stevieb said:

I'm always in awe when I see these threads about Amazon's shipping. I shop Amazon for the variety, not for their prices, which aren't always among the best, and for the free shipping, which I've often found is often not the fastest... I ordered a number of items from Amazon weeks ago and am still waiting for some of them... Personally, I find department stores among the quickest to ship and deliver, and while QVC can be slow, I generally don't find them inordinately so... Amazon, on the other hand, seems to be so erratic and sometimes among the slowest to get orders to me... I look the other way because they don't charge me to ship most of what I order.

I think it depends on whether the item comes directly from Amazon or from another party. My orders from Amazon always come quickly while orders made through Amazon but shipping from elsewhere can be much slower.

[feline groovy]

On 10/18/2014 stevieb said:

I'm always in awe when I see these threads about Amazon's shipping. I shop Amazon for the variety, not for their prices, which aren't always among the best, and for the free shipping, which I've often found is often not the fastest... I ordered a number of items from Amazon weeks ago and am still waiting for some of them... Personally, I find department stores among the quickest to ship and deliver, and while QVC can be slow, I generally don't find them inordinately so... Amazon, on the other hand, seems to be so erratic and sometimes among the slowest to get orders to me... I look the other way because they don't charge me to ship most of what I order.

If you only order items that are "Fulfilled by Amazon" - not a "third party seller' - you'll get the fastest shipping possible, since Amazon has tons of warehouses all over the country.

Many of their third party sellers do have pretty fast delivery as well.

BTW, I've been fortunate to have had 9+ years experience with Amazon as a customer.