Amazon Prime delay?
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He should, absolutely he should.....and had it been 2016 he would. You try getting anything out of amazon customer services these days!!!!
Especially so now they list a guaranteed day.
If they were happy dishing out free months, they wouldn't bother adding a buffer into the delivery estimates. I can't imagine anyone getting very far complaining that their 'By Thursday' delivery hasn't arrived on Tuesday.
As a seller I had an email today saying that delivery times were going out across the board because of the predicted weather this week. I'd order it - until the snow actually arrives stuff should just run as normal but when it does then good luck with deliveries if its half as bad as they say it might be
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A bit of cold weather and some snow and **** grinds to a halt. Makes you wonder just how countries who have multiple feet of snow as a regular occurrence manage to survive and get things done.
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One day delivery after dispatch
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You've answered your own question, like everyone who says such things when we have snow.
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I ordered two lots of stuff on Sunday and noticed everything was showing Tues/Wed instead of Monday but my order turned up Monday anyhow - they've definitely given themselves more of a buffer on dates. Everything now is showing Thursday or later but chances are it would turn up Wednesday unless the weather gets in the way.
Probably because they can justify the hundreds of millions, if not multiple billions it costs to maintain the necessary equipment and infrastructure
I suspect most people wouldn't be happy to be required by law to have studded tyres, or even just "winter" tyres and chains for their cars, let alone pay a bunch extra in taxes to cover the costs of the additional snow clearing equipment (and I won't even go into the cost of redesigning the road and rail network to work better under modern traffic loads with heavy snow).
Even something as simple as salt/grit for the roads is more expensive/difficult to store than a lot of people seem to think, as you can't just dump it in a field and leave it there for years, you tend to have to place it in suitable storage facilities that won't let it leach into the soil, or wash into the waterways, and have the heavy plant to shift it around. Hence councils tend to only keep X days worth on hand and rely on being able to call on additional deliveries from the companies that produce it, and they only keep Y days worth ready to go as it's so low value for the space it takes up, instead relying on the ability to ramp up production at short notice.
People don't even routinely carry a proper breakdown kit in their cars (hi vis/reflective jacket, warning triangle, first aid kit that's in date), let alone have things like basic "winter & snow prep" gear handy in this country because of how rarely it's needed.
we are the only ones on our street who seem to bother to keep a snow shovel and salt/grit handy* from one year to the next and last time we had a big freeze with heavy snow about 8 years ago the neighbours were amazed when we pulled the snow shovel out to clear the shared drive, they were struggling with soft brooms and small gardening spades.
We also run into the issue that because snow is relatively unusual people don't know how to drive in it, or haven't had any experience in driving in it for years so there tend to be a lot of additional accidents due to people not remember to do things like accelerate/brake more gently, allow additional room for braking and between vehicles, and not to go as fast.
*I tend to restock when the stores have it reduced to clear
I think I needed the grit once last year, and still have about 3 bags of it unopened in the back of the shed (and an open bag, snow shovel and broom that I moved to the front of the shed last week). In part it's a hold over from what was needed to make it safer for my mum's scooter and to help keep the access clear of ice for her.
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Well, I'm seeing same day Prime deliveries again here today (just taken advantage of it 
) so I suspect it was a bug (they had similar a couple of months ago) or snowmageddon no longer makes Amazon afeared.
) so I suspect it was a bug (they had similar a couple of months ago) or snowmageddon no longer makes Amazon afeared.
Ordered yesterday, said Thursday. Emailed today saying dispatched but email still says Thursday. I imagine it will be delivered tomorrow but not in any rush for anything, I could have used prime now if it was essential as that's still offering me same-day delivery at the moment.
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Maybe Amazon have spotted an "opportunity" and diverted all their drivers to deliver chickens to KFC?
I've had 2 months added to my prime service in the past month, and last night got a Fire HD tablet replaced due to a cracked screen, with Amazon also sending me a screen protector free of charge to replace the one on the broken one. Can't fault the service.