Amazon Orders, How long to despatch

TrojanWhore · 20 Dec 2025 at 14:23

Some stuff won't arrive until after Christmas, but I've never had anything not arrive within the stated date range

Blackjack Davy · 21 Dec 2025 at 07:43

chaparral said:
Has anyone else noticed that amazon has been taking a week or longer to despatch items ?

Is this a case of amazon has got so big that now there really struggling to handle the amount of orders coming in

Nope, still good here. At least it was till last week when I cancelled Prime.

Mysterae_ · 21 Dec 2025 at 08:30

Amazon's been pretty good for me with dispatches made that day and deliveries made by themselves or RM usually the following or next day. It's especially good considering that I live in the Highlands and don't have to pay a £15+ surcharge that many companies charge to post here.

chaparral · 22 Dec 2025 at 10:18

nlel1975 said:
I've ordered three things from Amazon this month and they've arrived about a week after I've placed the order. I'm in Jersey so once they leave Amazons warehouse and are handed over to Royal Mail they make their way down to Portsmouth then spend the day crossing the channel on the freight boat and usually arrive at the local carrier that evening. They then go out for delivery the next day usually.

I see people in Jersey is talking about it now on facebook

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Nelly · 22 Dec 2025 at 10:59

Should become a lot more efficient soon, with Amazon looking to automate 75% of jobs in the coming years.

nlel1975 · 22 Dec 2025 at 12:09

chaparral said:
I see people in Jersey is talking about it now on facebook

I’ve got no complaints usually things arrive pretty quickly after they’ve been despatched. The tracking shows the progress, it arrives at an Amazon facility first then once it leaves that facility it’s handed to Royal Mail who drive it down to Portsmouth.

Then it’s on the Mail boat for the day crossing the channel, arrives at Guernsey first then on to Jersey. Then arrives at Jersey Post headquarters that night and is out for delivery next day.

It seems to be quicker than it used to be when things were flew in by aircraft.