Amazon shipping times

It seems that so many things on Amazon that used to be one day shipping, at least for me, now take many times that. Is something up?

They’re being overwhelmed with online orders. They’ve also stated that they’re hiring more drivers.

timbucktoo said:

They’re being overwhelmed with online orders. They’ve also stated that they’re hiring more drivers.

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Our local paper just said that they had opened 100K (!!) positions to help deal with demand, and had bumped pay $2/hour to attract and retain people. There was something else about kicking third party sellers out of the Amazon warehouses, but I didn't fully understand that change.

Saw on the news on tv this morning that not only Amazon but many grocery chains are mass hiring to meet the demand. I suspect that many of these will be laid off once the situation returns to normal.

They estimating delivery longer but I just got recent orders still at 2days.

I ordered some things on Sunday that normally would have arrived today (Tuesday) but are now scheduled to be delivered Friday. Status shows they haven't been processed yet. Luckily they are nothing I need urgently, but when you get used to the 2 day and some times 1 day delivery times.....

boatgeek said:

There was something else about kicking third party sellers out of the Amazon warehouses, but I didn't fully understand that change.

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They wont accept shipments from vendors (for fulfillment by Amazon) for product groups that they consider non-essential.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-essential-shipments-in-uk-and-us-until-april

So, for example, if a third party seller wants to use Amazon logistics for diapers, that still works as usual (albeit slower), but for toys, the vendor needs to find another way to ship it.

Reinhard

Winston said:

It seems that so many things on Amazon that used to be one day shipping, at least for me, now take many times that. Is something up?

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It's always been that way for me - Amazon delivery estimates are flaky, with packages rarely delivered on time. Especially when you go with FREE delivery options.

My personal favorite is when you don't rush the order, and take the little bribe to have it shipped in 5-7 days, only to have it arrive from a warehouse that's 45 minutes away from your home. Amazon has, basically, been sitting on your order for 4-6 of those days, then threw it into the delivery truck at the last day possible.

Amazon is not my favorite online shopping source, but they do have a s%%^load of stuff available. Plus the online video programming that has removed Netflix recurring fee from my monthly credit card statement (Netflix raising prices has a lot to do with that as well).

YMMV,
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timbucktoo said:

They’re being overwhelmed with online orders. They’ve also stated that they’re hiring more drivers.

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That's what I figured. The driver/rig problem is also affecting Costco/Sams Club/Walmart due to increased demand. Even with formerly 24 hour Walmarts only being open from 6AM to 11PM shelves aren't being restocked because they can't get product in. In an interesting shortage I should have expected, many Walmarts are out of plastic bags.

I was just told (3rd hand) that logistics companies are having issues getting loads around. Truck stops are closing and so drivers can't get showers and the like and so they're refusing loads. All food places are take-out or drive-thru only now too and since you can't drive a semi through the drive-thru, they're having problems getting food in some places as well.

Yeah if you don't rush they sit on it intentionally to make you wish you would have opted for faster shipping.
I'm a Prime member and can get some things next day, free shipping.
Tuesday I ordered some cleaning supplies and an immersion chiller for my beer, the chiller will br delivered today, the cleaning stuff tomorrow. LOL. So much for necessities being delivered first.

Maybe slower shipping is a good thing? This was entirely predictable:

Amazon temporarily closes warehouse in Queens after worker tests positive for coronavirus
MAR 19 2020

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/19/ama...-york-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus.html

The employee works out of Amazon’s Queens, New York delivery station, known as DBK1.

It marks the first known case of of a worker at a U.S. Amazon warehouse testing positive for COVID-19, after Amazon said earlier this week that at least five warehouse workers in Europe contracted the disease.

The company said it has temporarily closed the facility for additional cleaning and has sent workers home with full pay. It’s not yet clear when the facility will reopen.

Studies analyze how long COVID-19 lives on surfaces
Mar 17th, 2020

https://www.hpnonline.com/infection...es-analyze-how-long-covid19-lives-on-surfaces

A study in the Journal of Hospital Infection said it can live up to 9 days. The second study was published in the preprint database medRxiv said the virus can remain viable in the air for up to three hours, on copper for up to four hours, on cardboard up to 24 hours and on plastic and stainless steel up to two to three days.

Both studies agreed that the virus can be efficiently inactivated by surface disinfection procedures with 62–71% ethanol, 0.5% hydrogen peroxide or 0.1% sodium hypochlorite within one minute.

I'm happy that Amazon is still delivering at all; this thing would be a lot worse for everybody if online deliveries stopped altogether. If the price of continuity is an extra day or two for deliveries, I'm thrilled to pay it.