Yes! I was going to buy LifeX bulbs on Prime, but noticed it was going to take 2+ weeks to ship. I checked the LifeX website and the same bulbs were 25% cheaper and shipped immediately.
Re:Amazon's Antitrust Paradox
by sbierwagen on Friday February 03, 2017 @08:47PM
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Did you order it in December? And choose free shipping?
Right after New Years and yes. It shipped within hours from the warehouse.
Re:Amazon's Antitrust Paradox
by sbierwagen on Friday February 03, 2017 @09:06PM
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Late deliveries go way, way up during the holiday season. Anybody who ships anything by fedex/UPS ground would see something like this.
Source: I work for an online retailer.
Interesting.
In my particular case it was FedEx/Smartpost. In my area, the USPS leg has been very reliable, 100% next day delivery from drop off at their Springfield, MA center to my door in Albany NY.
The FedEx Ground leg took forever, my little box made like 4 stops in Ohio and PA before hitting the post office in MA.
UPS typically does that in 2-3 days, USPS typically 3.
Strange. In Austria, things shipped within 24h of ordering, mostly. UPS/DHL within 48h, but mostly less. They ramp up capacity a lot during holiday season.
They even delivered on sundays this year, which is pretty much unheard of in Austria.
They are incredibly competent though. I ordered an iPad from Target, and it was like ordering from LL Bean in 1987. I think FedEx Ground dispatched it by horse, it took 11 days to travel from St Louis to NYS.