Amazon Prime

[Hibbyradge]

I know it has a poor tax record, if it pays any at all, and that it treats it's employees poorly, but my word the Prime service can be spectacular.

We had a very slow draining shower yesterday so I searched for a highly recommended drain unblocker.

HG Liquid Drain Unblocker ticked all the boxes and Amazon had for the best price, so I ordered it at 6.00pm last night.

It arrived at 10.02am!

That's impressive.

[Saturday Boy]

I know it has a poor tax record, if it pays any at all, and that it treats it's employees poorly, but my word the Prime service can be spectacular.

We had a very slow draining shower yesterday so I searched for a highly recommended drain unblocked.

HG Liquid Drain Unblocker ticked all the boxes and Amazon had for the best price, so I ordered it at 6.00pm last night.

It arrived at 10.02am!

That's impressive.

I hope it wasn’t delivered by a drone 😄

[Hibbyradge]

I hope it wasn’t delivered by a drone 😄

I was wondering why there were armed police outside the house! 🚔🚔🚔

[The Modfather]

I know it has a poor tax record, if it pays any at all, and that it treats it's employees poorly, but my word the Prime service can be spectacular.

We had a very slow draining shower yesterday so I searched for a highly recommended drain unblocker.

HG Liquid Drain Unblocker ticked all the boxes and Amazon had for the best price, so I ordered it at 6.00pm last night.

It arrived at 10.02am!

That's impressive.

I buy quite a lot with Prime and would generally agree with your sentiments. However, and it’s probably more to do with the individual driver than Amazon, but nothing more frustrating than a delivery update saying they tried to deliver but we’re unable to when clearly the driver couldn’t be bothered and never did try. Happens quite frequently.

[Billy Whizz]

I buy quite a lot with Prime and would generally agree with your sentiments. However, and it’s probably more to do with the individual driver than Amazon, but nothing more frustrating than a delivery update saying they tried to deliver but we’re unable to when clearly the driver couldn’t be bothered and never did try. Happens quite frequently.

Always wondered why you can’t ask for a parcel to be left behind a gate etc
I can do this when I get a delivery from DHL

[Hibbyradge]

I buy quite a lot with Prime and would generally agree with your sentiments. However, and it’s probably more to do with the individual driver than Amazon, but nothing more frustrating than a delivery update saying they tried to deliver but we’re unable to when clearly the driver couldn’t be bothered and never did try. Happens quite frequently.

That doesn't happen to me as I have a safe place to leave things, but as you say, that's the driver's fault and it'll happen with all the delivery companies.

[The Modfather]

Always wondered why you can’t ask for a parcel to be left behind a gate etc
I can do this when I get a delivery from DHL

Prime do allow you to specify a safe place to leave it, which we could do now we’ve just bought a house. Previously, I was in a flat where you needed buzzed through two doors so wasn’t anywhere safe for me to ask for it to be left.

Now, as we’re a brand new estate, and despite me adding detailed instructions onto my account, more often than not deliveries just say they can’t deliver without ever phoning me etc and clearly not reading the delivery instructions on my account.

[Hibbyradge]

Always wondered why you can’t ask for a parcel to be left behind a gate etc
I can do this when I get a delivery from DHL

You can, Billy and it works perfectly for me.

Here's a screenshot of the options you can choose;

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[Billy Whizz]

You can, Billy and it works perfectly for me.

Here's a screenshot of the options you can choose;

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Concierge🤣

[McD]

I use amazon prime a lot (probably too much :greengrin), and generally it’s a great service. If there is any issues (I’ve had a few myself), contacting amazon to complain usually ends up with either a free month or a credit on your account.

as has been said, any issues generally lie with the driver, it seems like most of the deliveries are subcontracted couriers, who need to get their delivery done as fast as possible.

[jonty]

what annoys me about their prime service is that even though goods are advertised as prime, they might not be next day delivery.
Nothing more annoying that filtering by 'prime' products, only to find it's going to turn up in 3-5 days.

In that case, I don't know why they bother marking the account as prime, unless its solely for the free deliver (which many items have anyway)

[Time For Heroes]

what annoys me about their prime service is that even though goods are advertised as prime, they might not be next day delivery.
Nothing more annoying that filtering by 'prime' products, only to find it's going to turn up in 3-5 days.

In that case, I don't know why they bother marking the account as prime, unless its solely for the free deliver (which many items have anyway)

Yup.
Did the trial and thats what put me off becoming a prime member (if thats the right term?)

[Lemonade]

Did the product work as advertised ?

[overdrive]

You can, Billy and it works perfectly for me.

Here's a screenshot of the options you can choose;

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I took in an Amazon delivery for my neighbour at the weekend. They had said to leave it in their safe place but the driver decided to put it into me as he didn’t think their safe place looked very safe :faf:

[Hibbyradge]

I took in an Amazon delivery for my neighbour at the weekend. They had said to leave it in their safe place but the driver decided to put it into me as he didn’t think their safe place looked very safe :faf:

That's pretty good of him, really.

Either that or he's had packages go missing from safe places before and doesn't want suspicions to fall on him.

[Future17]

I live in Newcraighall and had a missed delivery from UPS so they left it at a UPS pickup location...the Jet Garage in Tranent! That's about 6 miles away!

[Colr]

I know it has a poor tax record, if it pays any at all, and that it treats it's employees poorly, but my word the Prime service can be spectacular.

We had a very slow draining shower yesterday so I searched for a highly recommended drain unblocker.

HG Liquid Drain Unblocker ticked all the boxes and Amazon had for the best price, so I ordered it at 6.00pm last night.

It arrived at 10.02am!

That's impressive.

Prime was really good but they’ve started to change the benefits. I used to be able to get weekend deliveries on most things but that’s no longer available. As I can’t get deliveries to my work it means I just don’t buy from them. Some other online companies are beating them for service on this. I got same day delivery from a clothing company recently (although this is just for London at the moment).

[hibsbollah]

We've been using Amazon Prime and enjoying the service for years, but we've stopped using them for most things because of the stuff you read about them as a company. Yeah its cheap but on the back of slave wages, shocking working conditions and tax dodging on a massive scale. And its just too big. A monopoly of massive companies will inevitably lead to less choice.

In terms of the speed of service, a lot of companies have equally as good service. I went to Urban Outfitters on Princes Street yesterday lunchtime to return a xmas present, signed a form, ordered a new size. I received it at 10am this morning, less than 24 hours after I spoke to the girl in the shop!

[Jack Hackett]

To put your delivery times in perspective...

I got a letter from RBS saying new credit cards would be sent out. This was in the middle of November. 3 weeks later nothing had turned up. I called the card centre and arranged for more new cards to be sent to my branch for collection owing to issues in my new flat (no letterboxes on the doors, just 'not yet active' central boxes on the ground floor). They said they'd send them out 1st class Royal Mail to the branch immediately. That was Dec 13th. Still nothing has arrived. In the meantime, one of the original cards turned up last Friday (not both)... Useless however, because all previous cards had by now been cancelled. Whatever you think of courier companies (or their drivers) none of them are as bad as our esteemed Royal Mail

[Colr]

I buy clothes and stuff from Europe on occassion and it is so easy. The tracking is excellent and deilivery is swift.

Buying from the US and Aus/NZ by contrast is a nightmare talikg ages with no idea if you good have vanished or are delayed and then you can add 35% for duty and handling if customs decide to intercept it.

[Hibbyradge]

A new and impressive aspect of Amazon's service is that after they left my parcel in my safe place, they sent me a photo of it there.

[Ozyhibby]

https://www.smartparcelbox.com/smart-parcel-delivery-box-large-with-double-doors-dark-grey.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI58Ke977P3wIVbr7tCh0SCA sBEAQYASABEgJhDfD_BwE

I’m surprised more people don’t have one of these? Not cheap but with all the parcels we get I’m getting one installed soon to save me chasing up missed deliveries.


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[Jack Hackett]

https://www.smartparcelbox.com/smart-parcel-delivery-box-large-with-double-doors-dark-grey.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI58Ke977P3wIVbr7tCh0SCA sBEAQYASABEgJhDfD_BwE

I’m surprised more people don’t have one of these? Not cheap but with all the parcels we get I’m getting one installed soon to save me chasing up missed deliveries.


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I don't have one because I have f***wit landlords. The Mailboxes I mentioned in my post above are now 'active'... and about 2 inches wide inside... Very practical when Amazon come calling :brickwall

[Andy Bee]

Not sure if they do it in this area but Prime members can have deliveries left in the boot of certain models of Volvos (from 2015 IIRC) and they'll take a video of the delivery. They have some kind of software which logs onto Volvo online and allows them to unlock the boot, leave the parcel, then lock it again. You just have to tell them the area the car will be in.

[hibsbollah]

Im buying an academic textbook, £19.99 is the cheapest I could get it on Amazon, just phoned Blackwells bookshop on South Bridge (which I will forever know as James Thins), and got it for £13odd.
Which goes to show that not everything is cheaper from the tax avoiders. #shoplocal

[Hibbyradge]

Im buying an academic textbook, £19.99 is the cheapest I could get it on Amazon, just phoned Blackwells bookshop on South Bridge (which I will forever know as James Thins), and got it for £13odd.
Which goes to show that not everything is cheaper from the tax avoiders. #shoplocal

They're all tax avoiders, but you're right, shopping around is the way to go.

[DetroitHibs]

Im buying an academic textbook, £19.99 is the cheapest I could get it on Amazon, just phoned Blackwells bookshop on South Bridge (which I will forever know as James Thins), and got it for £13odd.
Which goes to show that not everything is cheaper from the tax avoiders. #shoplocal

I’ve been a long time seller on Amazon for about a decade, also buy and have Prime too. They used to be the cheapest option out of all the brick and mortar stores here in the US. What they have basically done is put the competition out of business, got the majority of people hooked on Prime and jacked up the prices. They are no longer the cheapest option any more. I price check quite a bit, and I can always usually find it cheaper else where.

They have created a monopoly with little to no competition online anymore. That’s never a good thing IMO.

[Hibrandenburg]

I’ve been a long time seller on Amazon for about a decade, also buy and have Prime too. They used to be the cheapest option out of all the brick and mortar stores here in the US. What they have basically done is put the competition out of business, got the majority of people hooked on Prime and jacked up the prices. They are no longer the cheapest option any more. I price check quite a bit, and I can always usually find it cheaper else where.

They have created a monopoly with little to no competition online anymore. That’s never a good thing IMO.

:agree: They've gone the same way as eBay. Amazon will be the top of any search engine lists but they're no longer the cheapest platform anymore. I saved about €200 euro compared to the cheapest drone I was after compared to Amazon by shopping around.

[Antifa Hibs]

hibsbollah... wrote
Im buying an academic textbook, £19.99 is the cheapest I could get it on Amazon, just phoned Blackwells bookshop on South Bridge (which I will forever know as James Thins), and got it for £13odd.
Which goes to show that not everything is cheaper from the tax avoiders. #shoplocal

Yep i found the same with a few records that have been released. Fopp on Rose Street managed to match their price on 2 of them and beat there price on one of them.

[Jay]

Im buying an academic textbook, £19.99 is the cheapest I could get it on Amazon, just phoned Blackwells bookshop on South Bridge (which I will forever know as James Thins), and got it for £13odd.
Which goes to show that not everything is cheaper from the tax avoiders. #shoplocal

I bought my boys SQA books in November to help with highers and adv highers. Found a bookstore in England stocked them at half the price than anywhere else. Took a fair bit of googling bookshops but saved me a fair bit.