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Originally Posted by issybird
A couple of seat-of-the-pants guesses:
- They're waiting to see if you're going to order anything else, so they can save on consolidating your orders. I can believe Amazon loses its shirt on multiple tiny orders where from the Prime member's POV, there's no reason not to hit "Buy" with every passing thought.
- The farther into the sticks you are, the more Amazon is motivated to do some macro consolidation with orders being shipped to your general area. Fill up those trucks as much as possible, as far down the delivery line as possible. Not a problem in Manhattan.
So it's not that the item isn't ready to be shipped immediately, it's that Amazon saves money by pushing the delivery envelope while adhering to the letter of their commitment to get it to you two days after shipping. |
These are reasonable explanations. But I still can't help but wonder why it happened all at once? Why, after so many years of being able to ship to my area immediately and consistently (with multiple fulfillment centers close by), did it become necessary to slam the brakes?