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Old 09-24-2011, 01:43 AM   #158
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Originally Posted by OtterBooks View Post
I've had 3 separate boxes from Amazon arrive at once. Books, toothpaste, a package of $2 highlighting markers. $2 product. Shipped free 2nd day air. Those highlighters were $3 at Walmart, plus tax. Take that, local economy!

Yesterday at 2pm I ordered a last minute birthday gift for a friend. I didn't even order 1-day delivery, just the standard Prime delivery. She got it this afternoon. One of the items in the package was even from a third-party seller via Amazon. No idea how they pulled that off.
Indeed my dear Otter.

Once I ordered something at night. Don't remember if it was before Midnight. I got it the next day. How the hell do they do it?

And yes, I understand that if you pay money, good money you can get stuff quick. A man came to me one afternoon and said that a component wouldn't work on an imported machine despite what the supplier had indicated. The machine itself had instructions that explicitly said not to use the common US (supposedly equivalent) specification or the warranty wasn't good.
I entered into one of those controlled panic states, where you stomach gets that sick funny feeling, because the completion date was just a few days away, went back and looked up what I needed and then called a supplier. He introduced me to UPS overnight heavy weight shipping.

The factory was in the next state, actually in the mountains. I knew the area. The item was at the site the next afternoon. In fact it got there so quick that it sat for a day before it was installed.

The item was something like $70 or $80 dollars. Shipping was near a $100. I was saved! I would have paid a $1,000, or more.

Amazon will do it for free. Amazon is Genius!!

Pure genius and efficiency.

I like to send those boxed calendars to friends and relatives for Christmas. They cost $8 to $15 usually. Used to be I would have them all shipped to me, to get the $25 free shipping, and then I would repackage them and mail them myself.

No more! Prime membership privileges sends them quick and free.

Amazon is my friend!
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