they.misled.us » shipping http://they.misled.us Featuring rants unworthy of due consideration. Spell checked, but not proofread Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:50:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Amazon Shipping, Part II http://they.misled.us/archives/1065 http://they.misled.us/archives/1065#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:48:26 +0000 Jeff http://they.misled.us/?p=1065 Recently, I posted about an Amazon shipping experiment. On Monday, I ordered two pieces of software fro m Amazon one with paid shipping and one with free shipping. They are both the same size and approximate cost.

Today is Wednesday (two days later). I have received my paid shipping order. And, just received a notice that Amazon sent shipping information to USPS for the free shipping order. So, that means that USPS should be picking in up in the next few days, hopefully.

]]> http://they.misled.us/archives/1065/feed 0 Amazon Shipping http://they.misled.us/archives/1058 http://they.misled.us/archives/1058#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:58:56 +0000 Jeff http://they.misled.us/?p=1058 Today, I ordered two different products from amazon. They were both priced roughly the same, and are both roughly the same size and weight. However, for one I elected to pay for standard shipping, and for the other I chose free shipping. The reason I did this was to compare how drastic the difference is. The last thing I ordered using free shipping took about three weeks to show up at my house.

Unsurprisingly, I received a notice from amazon that my order with paid shipping shipped today (same day as I placed the order). The estimated delivery date from UPS is Wednesday. I will not at all be surprised if I actually get that order before they even pull the other item off the shelf, and notify USPS that they will be shipping it.

Update (17-June-2009): Amazon Shipping, Part II

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