Amazon's Fake Review Problem

Re:Amazon's Fake Review Problem by nickjj on Sunday December 17, 2017 @10:18AM (#15946045)

I expect things in 2-3 days but realistically it never happens without paying a hefty premium.

Amazon's shipping schedule is really bad because they hold your items hostage unless you pay for Prime. It's essentially blackmail to get your item in a reasonable time frame.

As a non-Prime subscriber it usually takes 7-10 days to get an item if you use their free shipping or 5-7 days if you use the cheapest paid shipping option.

The funny thing is, in those non-Prime free shipping cases, the item is usually processed / shipped after 7-8 days and then arrives in 2-3 days.

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Re:Amazon's Fake Review Problem by r_singh on Sunday December 17, 2017 @11:12AM (#15946286)

That doesn't sound good. Luckily here in India, I have to pay $8 a year for Prime and most items get delivered within 36 hours.

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Re:Amazon's Fake Review Problem by nickjj on Sunday December 17, 2017 @11:31AM (#15946357)

I'm in the US and Prime is $99/year.

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Re:Amazon's Fake Review Problem by WhyNotHugo on Monday December 25, 2017 @02:37AM (#16003168)

It's also 99USD/year in Argentina, but we don't get the fast shipping US/India gets. We're also a "poorer" country, I'm not sure what they base their prices on.

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Re:Amazon's Fake Review Problem by dizzystar on Sunday December 17, 2017 @01:39PM (#15946996)

The post I answered was about Chinese sellers. A good US-based 3rd party seller will ship ASAP and use USPS flat rate. Amazon is much more than Amazon warehouses and Prime.

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