On the morning of May 15th, I arrived at work and ordered something on Amazon. It was elgible for the Free Super Saver Shipping that typically takes about a week and a half to arrive, from the order date. But it's free, and I'm usually not in a hurry.
So I order it, and it in the automatic email, it says:
Shipping Estimate: May 21
Arrival Estimate: May 29-June 4
Okay, fine, whatever.
Less than 3 hours after I ordered it, still on May 15th, I get another email. It's a notice that the product has shipped! And it's updated the arrival estimate to May 21.
Wow, cool.
Then May 16th rolls around. I check the tracking number just for fun, and it says that it's out for delivery! And sure enough, when I get home, there it is. 1-day shipping for free. A full 13-19 days ahead of their original estimate. Well played.
Their estimates are almost always ridiculously high, probably to avoid complaints of taking too long. From what I've seen, processing the order can take anywhere from 1 to 6 days, but then shipping after that is really fast. Once it's shipped it's only a couple of days or so.
ReplyDeleteI hate when it's sitting in processing forever and there's no update. When it's something like a dvd, I'm just thinking "Just grab it off the shelf and send it already...you said it's in stock!"