Originally posted by tim60 In contrast I visited US about 10 years ago and wanted to order Amazon delivery to my hotel. Watching how slowly they were delivering on the shipping made me wonder why the workers had such a lack of enthusiasm for getting their job done during a recession.
I notice in UK Amazon seem to usually deliver days earlier than predicted at checkout when using the free shipping option.
I have had mixed results with shipping from Amazon, so much so that I avoid buying anything through it.
I have had a few orders fulfilled in 24 hours. Didn't know it was going to be that quick after I clicked the buy button,so it kind of freaked me out.
Then there was one order I clicked buy in the morning, around 6 am, and it was on my stoop when I walked out to the mailbox to grab the daily mail.
Really freaky.
But the large majority of my Amazon experiences have been negative. Delayed orders. Cancelled orders. The delivery drivers are young snot nosed punks that look like they fell face first into their daddy's tackle box, and then got drunk and went to the tattoo parlor. The drive up and down our private one lane gravel drive at 30, 40, 50 miles an hour. I have confronted them.
One afternoon coming home from work I encountered one, driving about 40 or so, a cloud of dust billowing behind him. I blocked the road to force him to stop, and when I pulled alongside to tell him to slow down, he sped away, tires spewing gravel and dust. I gave chase. When he reached the paved county road he was going 70 or 80 (a 35 mile an hour country lane). I caught up with him at his next stop, on another private one lane gravel lane, blocked his way when he came out and confronted him. He refused to engage in any manner of respectful discussion about his poor driving skills and total lack of regard for private property and the safety of the motorists and community. An Amazon contractor, the delivery van didn't have a front license plate, I tried to step behind and grab a picture of the rear plate and he tried to back over me. I dodged him and he backed into a tree.
I called the sheriff.
He called the sheriff.
We waited, he, after getting untangled from the tree, backed down the neighbors driveway out of sight, me, still blocking his path..
The sheriff came, I related my view of the recent events, he took my info and sent me on my way. He went to chat with the delivery driver, and I'm sure he had plenty to say to the punk.
A few days later there was a different contractor kid, driving int he same manner. This time I completely blocked the road. He was confused (read stoned), and failed to slow down quickly enough and ran into the bushed on the side of our lane. I walked up and he hadn't rolled the window up like the other jerk. I calmly began to express my position, and he interrupted me about running him off the road. I explained how I was going about 5 miles an hour when I came around the last bend in the road, and we were on one of the longest straight stretches. He had plenty of time to come to a safe stop, had he been going the posted MAXIMUM LIMIT of 15. He began to argue with me about how many stops he had to make. I told him that wasn't my concern.
He never really let me simple tell him that he was expected to drive safely, respectfully, and adhere to the wishes of this small country community of a few homes.
Jerk.
Amazon sucks.
And I doubt Jeff Bezos cares.
I don't care if they can deliver something to me on the same day I place the order.