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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by eatmyshorts on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:02AM (#22664742)
That changed last night. My wife is such a frequent user of Amazon Prime that I wonder sometimes if I should register as an Amazon Fulfillment Center. But last night, after our hair dryer failed, Amazon Prime would only guarantee delivery by April 21.

The good news is Wal-Mart's model relies on their existing stores, not fulfillment centers. Wal-mart's delivery times are still fairly short.

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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by kjs3 on Monday March 23, 2020 @09:11PM (#22670753)
Thank gawd you didn't have to wait for something as absolutely essential as a hair dryer.
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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by kiseleon on Monday March 23, 2020 @11:15AM (#22664881)
doesn't Wal Mart still use drop shippers for some of the online inventory?
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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by echelon on Monday March 23, 2020 @01:21PM (#22666248)
Those products are clearly called out on its website.

I'm also impressed with how much cheaper Walmart is than Amazon for a large number of the things I just ordered.

We need an aggregator that compares prices between Amazon, Walmart, Target, etc. for the same or similar SKUs. It'd be even better if you could build your cart with it and then it put together the relevant orders with each service. (This maybe already exists, I just haven't searched for it.)

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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by odysseus on Monday March 23, 2020 @02:01PM (#22666776)
You can do this to some extent with UPCItemDB and BrickSeek.
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Re:Amazon Prime delivery delays are now as long as a month by jabroni_salad on Monday March 23, 2020 @01:20PM (#22666233)
3rd party retailers, but same difference I guess. Personally I look for things that offer ship-to-store since this is using Walmart's own logistics network.
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