Notorious T.R.E.
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Just ordered something with one day shipping but the estimate is Monday. Going to need a amazon miracle here to get this by my kid's b-day tomorrow.
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Guster
Footballguy
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
They will offer to extend your Prime. I believe they gave me a couple extra months.SHIZNITTTT said:
The local fulfillment centers are awesome. Unless it's a new release, usually have the item the next day (provided I order early enough the previous)
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
So does Amazon Mom or Subscribe and Save cost anything extra over and above the normal Prime fee, and/or is there any hidden charge if you no longer want to be a part of Mom or Subscribe and just want to be regular Prime because yo discover the monthly deliveries are overkill?
East Coast Bias
Footballguy
Also this UPS SurePost is terrible.
East Coast Bias
Footballguy
Das Boot
Footballguy
They may not actually put a note in your account. I just asked them about their guarantee a couple days ago when they missed a guaranteed delivery date and this is what they said:SHIZNITTTT said:East Coast Bias said:really?
That pretty much sounds like they are putting a note in your account.
East Coast Bias
Footballguy
They might put a note in my account isn't going to stop a shipping delay.They may not actually put a note in your account. I just asked them about their guarantee a couple days ago when they missed a guaranteed delivery date and this is what they said:SHIZNITTTT said:East Coast Bias said:
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Drifter
Footballguy
Hawks64
Footballguy
Not everything is available for Sat delivery and have run into similar issues when I wanted something on Sat.
Notorious T.R.E.
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Pretty sure the hour I dicked around trying to decide if we really wanted a small glofish tank was what did me in.
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
Well I'm disappointed. 61 orders this year. Not all for Prime merchandise but probably 90%. Yesterday was the first time my order didn't arrive in time. Boo Amazon, you suck so bad.
danielmclark
Footballguy
Me too! The TV I ordered on Monday was scheduled to be delivered between 5-8pm last night (they do that with large/expensive stuff), and the shipping company - some outfit I've never heard of - called me at 6:30 and said "Your shipment didn't get to your area until 1:15 this afternoon, so we won't be able to get it to you tonight, it will have to be tomorrow or Sunday".Chaos Commish said:
I'm not mad at Amazon, of 56 orders this is the first order all year that has been late, but damn it was disappointing.
East Coast Bias
Footballguy
I see a trend.
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
Still not here. <_<
Drifter
Footballguy
UPS is having their worst year of performance that Amazon has experienced. If I worked at Amazon I'd profess my sincere apologies and assure you that, hypothetically, everyone involved at Amazon is thoroughly embarrassed and working working around the clock to find other ways to get you your package that doesn't rely on them.Chaos Commish said:
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Drifter
Footballguy
Secret Sauce: The way UPS' system works is that if they don't bother to pick up the truck, it was actually the fault of the shipper and not UPS. Local shipping hub says "system says we didn't get it so it's not our fault" regardless of whether it's sitting on a UPS trailer waiting for a driver that never showed up.Haha. Today I get a message that UPS is reporting delays due to the weather. When I track my package at UPS it says the package was left at the facility (It didn't get put on the truck). The UPS site doesn't mention anything about the weather.
Drifter
Footballguy
eaganwildcats
Footballguy
Abraham
Footballguy
Ups is in business by virtue of the fact that they are marginally better than the post office. Same with FedEx. I ship a lot of stuff, and if my business were as error prone as those two jokers I would have been bankrupt long long ago.
Short version: ups screwed up.
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Insoxicated
Drunken Cowboy
Footballguy
I had Amazon miss the first delivery date since I have had prime this weekend.
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
My package due Friday was in the closest depot 5am Thursday according to tracking info. It hasn't moved since. Bah.
5Rings
Lurker
Cyber Monday was UPS' biggest shipping day ever. I had 60 pkgs delivered late due to CM. Add in the weather in the midwest, and the seasonal ####tards UPS hires to sort, and you get the beginning of the season when UPS becomes totally unreliable.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
It's possible. You have to be one of the top reviewers and you might get stuff sent to you that they would like reviewed. Either from Amazon or in some cases from the manufacturers directly.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/vine/help
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/10/29/241372607/top-reviewers-on-amazon-get-tons-of-free-stuff
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/30/5048076/amazon-vine-gives-top-reviewers-free-products
I'm not sure if I'm a fan of this or not. For instance, if you are a top reviewer and suddenly BOSE starts sending you mid-level headphones. Do you give an honest review or hope to score some high end headphones directly from BOSE by raving about the product? Or for that matter wouldn't some people think it was impolite in some way to bash a free gift from a manufacturer? Seems to me even if you don't rave about the product if you give a suspect product an average score when it should get a terrible score if you actually had to pay for it the reviews become kind of pointless.
Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
A few years ago me and my nine-month-pregnant wife got stuck in a snowstorm on the way to the hospital. Amazon Prime delivered our baby.
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
Wait, so not all movies/shows on Amazon instant video are free with Prime?
MattFancy
Footballguy
Nope. Only certain ones. There's a really good amount of free stuff on there. Pretty much anything that is avilable instantly on Netflix is avilable on Amazon Prime Video.
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
Well, I already have Netflix. And now I am seeing that the book lending library only works on actual Kindle devices, and not the ipad app. Looks like I will probably be cancelling this after 30 days.
AK83NY
Footballguy
If you have a problem with a product you should email customer service on Amazon. They really are great. I got a blu-ray set 2 years ago that I just got around to watching. One disc was scratched and because it's an entire series on Blu-Ray I didn't want to send the item back (just watched the episode on Netflix). Amazon gave me a 30% refund which was beyond generous.
MattFancy
Footballguy
Well what if you just cancel Netflix? Unless you really like House of Cards or Orange is the New Black. I'd say about 95% of what is on Netflix is also on Amazon Prime Video.
Notorious T.R.E.
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AK83NY
Footballguy
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
Last year I found $250 worth of books in the lending library I really wanted to read. So I bought the cheapest Kindle. The advertising then said I could read one at a time. A bunch of the books I wanted to read were short 50-75 pagers written by some expert in a field I was digging into. I quickly found out it was not one at a time; but one at a time, and only one a month, 12 a year. I sent the Kindle back. I still see $10-15 books I could read for free with a Kindle and found myself wishing I kept it. So I took them up on the 7" Fire HD yesterday for $135. I doubt the library will pay for the Kindle in a year, but certainly in two or three, and hey, I'll be a better read person for it, and have another tablet too.
MattFancy
Footballguy
Really? I thought it was pretty close. At least the stuff I've looked for has been on both. Good to know.
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I have both. Netflix' selection far outweighs amazons prime selection.... and the user interface on Amazon for streaming video is kinda pitiful. They really need a dedicated design/interface for their instant video content. No excuse for a company of their size.
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Insoxicated
At least Amazon labels the "Vine Program" reviews as such so you know that person was given the product and can factor that into your perception of their review. That said, Vine reviews do tend to be more favorable than average.
Mr. Ected
Footballguy
Put in an order a couple days ago with a couple items that were due to be delivered today. (Wed) Looked at the tracking and saw that one was changed to be delivered on Monday. Was kinda shocked and decided to chat with them about it, thought it might have been the snow, although it had not been shipped yet. In looking at the order, the Amazon-ite found out that my item was out of stock and that is why it was late. She offered to change it to another Prime place and waive the next day shipping. I think the cost was ~$1 more which wasn't the end of the world but I thought it was cool of them to waive the shipping. I would have liked it if they would have notified me that it was going to be late tho.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
The Netflix movie selection is far superior, but I think Amazon is in the same league when it comes to television series.
As someone that has Amazon year around and subscribes to Netflix for a couple of months in the winter I think both interfaces are pretty terrible. Neither of them really learn from what I was interested or not interested on my last visit. If the past ten times I've been on the site I've skipped over/through certain films.... can't they just assume I have no interest in those films and stop suggesting them on the screen to me?
Notorious T.R.E.
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You can click not interested on netflix.
