[DebbyS]

This isn't Kindle related, but SanDisk sdhc cards (which I guess still isn't Kindle related...). Anyhow, in early June (2015) I made an order that was mostly these cards and something else that they'd fulfill (i.e., it didn't come directly from China via boat, for example). I wanted it all in a reasonable time (hoping it wouldn't get lost), so though I could use "free shipping", I chose regular first class, and finished the transaction. Then I noticed it wouldn't come for... FIVE WEEKS! wha...? I could buy all the same things (for more) locally... after a bus ride or two... so I canceled the order immediately, within 10 minutes of placing it. I figured (because I'm a generous person...) maybe they were reading their calendar wrong or something, because otherwise it made no sense. I recently made another, similar order, at the end of June, and it took about 10 or 14 days or so (again, using 1st class-type mail). My thought now is that Amazon has decided it's not going to worry about shipping at all, good luck after you order! I doubt even next-day shipping would get anything to the customer that early**. Oh, I just remembered that in the recent order I bought a book that would come from one of their vendors, Hasting's Books, and it came Right Away (like three days later!). The stuff handled by Amazon just poked along and sight-saw via US Mail on the way. It came up hill, so that's another excuse. Very weird behavior all around. I don't plan to buy anything from them in the future.

**In 2012or 2013, I ordered a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" through Amazon and figured if I asked for next-day shipping it would still be cheaper in totally than buying it locally (and paying tax) (if I could find it locally). Amazon did indeed send it such that it arrived the next day and I was thrilled.