Is Amazon the seller or is it a third party using Amazon as the store front? Whoever it is might also be pre-selling something in anticipation of receiving it into their inventory later.
Take the free trial just DO NOT forget to cancel it in time
They’re probably trying to market you into Prime
I’ve had the free trial and cancelled it several times over the years - it’s not always offered but I take it if I’m ordering anyways (which is rare, now that I’m trying to see if I can get back on my feet for work)
I usually ignore the delivery dates and pick the cheapest offer. Items usually are received prior to or around the same time as the next higher offer $.
Depends on what part of China they’re coming from I suppose.
I’ve occasionally seen such oddities myself. The are real head scratchers. All Amazon delivery times are of course determined by a computer program. And I’m sure there’s some sort of algorithm built in that determines a time window such that a package won’t arrive late. Customers hate late packages.
I suppose the computer program sometimes hiccups, and gives you something weird.
Amazon has now started putting items I track using their “wish list” into my cart. I recently decided to buy one item for approximately $20 and found that my cart total was over $600! I had to delete about 10 items out of the cart to buy the one thing I wanted now.
This has been done more than once to me. Not cool Amazon.
There is probably a shortage of truckers right now.
Something that takes that long is probably by a foreign outfit or else it is a product that has to be made after your order.
You have to be aware on Amazon when you purchase from someone selling from Amazon other than a direct purchase from Amazon.
Return policies aren’t the same either.
In the past month, I’ve twice had items delivered the same day they were ordered. You might be dealing with a third-party vendor.
I ordered items on 3 May.
Delivered on 6 May.
I noticed it yesterday ordering my usual cat food. It all says May 13th for delivery. I just entered lamps for search and it all says Monday 13th. Then I entered a set of drinking glasses, again it all says Monday 13th.
They all say free delivery next for a charge.
Been prime member for years never seen this. Is it because Mothers day weekend? I check next week to see if they will offer next day delivery free.
I may be canceling.
Takes a long time to get stuff shipped from China....................
It depends what you order. A lot of stuff even comes the same day, but I have Prime.
Stuff taking days or weeks usually involves the third party supplier. I get almost everything in one or two days.
The only time that happened to me was when I was buying an obscure item from some third party vendor on Amazon.
In fact, in my area they have started “overnight” delivery—meaning if I order it by 5 PM, it will be on my doorstep by 7 AM.
Their delivery arm has gotten a lot of grief, buy they process millions of pieces every day—and they do it better than most of their peers (UPS/USPS/Fed Ex)
Yesterday, Walmart delivered a half case of beer with no delivery charge
Probably because some of the items aren’t shipping by Amazon, but a third party company using the e-commerce engine Amazon offers. I try to avoid the third party vendors because funny things can happen.
Bait/switch.
I noticed immediately after Christmas that their shipments were terminally slow...and worsening.
But I haven’t ordered anything in a while. This is new, but not surprising.
Thanks for the heads up.
I have Amazon Prime, and use it a lot. I live outside of Amazon delivery area so just about everything I order comes USPS, every once in while Fedex or UPS. I get almost all of my orders in 2 days. There is very seldom a delay and it’s usually only 1 day.