I live within a half mile of a distribution center, and I've had missed 1 day delivery targets.

Their distribution network is heterogenous. Not all facilities ship orders to customers. Not all facilities that do ship orders to customers stock all product types and sizes.

Last I checked they were optimized for 2-day delivery. I imagine their 1-day delivery logistics are not quite as robust. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that next day is run by a completely different team.

We used to fairly often get 2 or 3 day delivery out here in the sticks (rural central Kansas). Nowadays I get stuff faster if I order it from eBay. Weird thing is, regularly Amazon doesn't ship my order for several days and then when it actually ships it only takes 2 days to get here.

My guess is that before the order shows as “shipped” in their website, the product is moving through Amazon’s internal logistics network. When to show as “shipped” is a somewhat arbitrary decision when the company runs a sprawling network that delivers to your door.

its probably not about distribution center, but how close you are to major warehouse where they stash popular stuff.

Here in Colorado (Denver metro) I frequently get items same-day, though most items are still 1 or 2 days.

I'm inside the city of Chicago. Used to get ridiculous (like 1 hour) delivery on tons of stuff I ordered from Amazon. Now it's typically a week.

The question remains: is amazon the only one that can delivery you stuff that fast? And does it really matter?

> Bay Area Amazon is still consistently hitting its one day and two day delivery targets.

Maybe San Francisco is. The Bay Area in general does not get prime delivery speed, despite Amazon's assurances to the contrary. They don't even try.

Not only that, but Amazon long ago stopped packaging the stuff they ship out to prevent damage to it. Whatever comes from Amazon will come with shipping damage. If you return it, Amazon will ship you a replacement in equally inadequate packaging with similar resultant shipping damage.

If you're hoping to receive an item that meets the absolute bare minimum standard of arriving when the vendor says it will, without obvious damage from shipping, it's necessary to avoid Amazon.

Not in SF city but am in silicon valley.

OK, so? You are not familiar with the state of Amazon delivery in the Bay Area.