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Re:Amazon imposes limit on reviews by dazc on Monday November 28, 2016 @10:39AM (#13056046)
In the UK Prime was supposed to be 'next day' but this seems to have slipped back over the past year or so? My pet gripe is the 'preparing for dispatch' black hole that generally (in my experience) means 'you're going to be waiting a long, long time'.

Recently ordered a keyboard in UK to be delivered to Spain. Despite being in stock it stayed in 'preparing to dispatch' for a week and I couldn't cancel.

In frustration I ordered another one thinking I could just refuse to accept delivery of whichever didn't arrive first and get a refund.

Sure enough, that time I left the office for half an hour I returned to find two packages on my desk waiting for me :)

Re:Amazon imposes limit on reviews by pidg on Monday November 28, 2016 @12:38PM (#13056965)
The service you experience with Prime definitely depends on where in the UK you live, or rather where the item is going.

I live in a city centre, within 50 miles of an Amazon distribution centre, and it often offers me same day delivery. Like, order at 3am, items arrive at 8pm.

But if I change it to my parents' address (more remote but still in civilisation), it takes them 1-2 days to deliver.

Re:Amazon imposes limit on reviews by malnourish on Monday November 28, 2016 @10:46AM (#13056114)
They were just trying to batch process ;)