It's worse. Everyone thinks your lazy when everything is running smoothly.

No. They don’t. Amazon Prime’s pioneering free two-day shipping was noticed. The same day shipping was noticed. I often hear about Amazon’s speed as a factor for why people use them. In fact, among my friends people remark that Amazon can often deliver to our homes faster than Best Buy can deliver to their stores for us to pick up.

It’s just that smoothly is table stakes. Amazon raised the bar so now you have to do it smoothly blazing fast.

> It’s just that smoothly is table stakes. Amazon raised the bar so now you have to do it smoothly blazing fast.

Amazon raised the bar. And then they completely failed to meet their own new higher bar.

Amazon will no longer allow you to select the speed of your shipping. Amazon will offer you shipping at whatever speed they feel is appropriate, and if you want faster shipping than that, you can suck it. This is a huge downgrade from the system Prime started out with.

And when Amazon fails to meet the shipping deadline they quoted you, again, you can suck it. This is not infrequent. This despite the fact that the deadline is something they made up.

Between this and Amazon's giving up on offering lower prices than other stores, I tend to prefer ordering from other stores.

Re:Prime-- Yes! I can understand if not everything can be practically or profitably delivered in two days, or next day. But I used to at least have the option to pay more and get it when I needed it.