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The estimates on Amazon right now seem way longer than the reality. I'm getting all my packages in 2-3 days despite Amazon estimating a week or more.

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Not me. Amazon is estimating 2-3 weeks on most things now, and so far are sticking by their estimates.

I'm guessing a lot of this is location dependent, and based on warehouse-proximity.

It's also based on the items you're ordering. Some stuff we've ordered arrives within a few days or less. Other items that I've ordered (tools) has taken about 3 weeks to arrive. Some items keep getting pushed back. I would cancel and buy elsewhere but I'd pay a lot in shipping since these aren't all items I can buy from one place online.

I have shopped online for other items though. I bought some insoles for really cheap from a UK based bicycle store, the items got here in less than a week... all the way from the UK! It's not like all shipping is broken down - just Amazon.

Yeah, Amazon has stopped issuing purchase orders for a huge number of non-essentials, which probably contributes to really high delivery estimates. If anything is out of stock at their warehouse, they have no idea when they might have room to restock.

That's the interesting thing. I'm located in a major city with at least one enormous Amazon warehouse nearby. Before the pandemic started we would usually receive our orders the same day.

I live in Boston. I seem to be getting most things in around 5 days, even though Amazon estimates 2 weeks. Almost everything was delivered before their estimates. But everything is still slower than usual (normally, I'd get things delivered in 1 to 3 days)

Probably depends on the item. I'm outside of Boston and I don't think any order has taken longer than 2 days--other than a couple I picked delayed shipping in exchange for a digital credit. (And even those arrived on the early side of their estimate.)

In Canada at least, some Prime shipping estimates are ONE MONTH.

At the end of the day, I'm not complaining because prioritizing medical supplies is prudent but I have to imagine that a lot of people are choosing to use alternative sources like Order-and-Pickup instead.

I'm in the south: shipping for my item was 29 days.

Delivery estimates are very much an underpromise, overdeliver thing, so that makes sense.

Same for me. 3 items earlier estimated for Apr 27 are already sitting in a box in my living room.

Same. I put in a big order figuring if I have a three week turn around, better buy three weeks of stuff. Two days later I see the poor delivery guy unloading all my stuff.

Now I am an inadvertent horder.

Latest order estimated delivery in 10 days but everything came in 2-3. In CA.

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