Could it have anything to do with the recent weather?

Are you certain that all the items qualify for prime shipping? If they're shipped from a third party, it doesn't apply.

Pretty much we get stuff in 1-2 days if it's truly fulfilled by Amazon.

Earlier in the day is one time, later adds a day or so. Saturday and Sunday don't count.

I double checked. There is one of the items that has a seller and is fulfilled by Amazon. This is the one thing I ordered separately on Thursday for example.

If it doesn't have the "prime" logo near the price, you don't get Prime shipping. I'm still waiting for some beads I ordered in August, which I should get by the end of September. Free shipping, but they're from China. I ordered items for my Instant Pots and they arrived 48 hours after I ordered them. BUT: if I ordered on a Thursday or Friday, I may not get the items until Monday or Tuesday because there's not weekend delivery here.

All items do not ship immediately delaying delivery on some. Weekends are are not business days.

This from Amazon.

"FREE Two-Day Shipping

Over 100 million items that arrive two business days after they ship"

All of the items I ordered had the prime logo. I order from Amazon a lot, so I was wondering if they changed something. Ordering today, I would expect something like “delivery by Thursday if you order in the next 4 hours”

If the item contains lithium batteries, maybe the slower shipping has to do with shipping restrictions on lithium batteries?

For example, I can get that same blower by Tuesday. Maybe in my case it would come from across the state and in your case it would come from a warehouse a little further away?

Clicking "Details" might explain the delay?

I have found many items are shipped from China and it does not tell you that anywhere. But the dates can be a hint.

I clicked on the details, nothing about batteries or anything like that. Here is another one. No batteries. I am so used to get the things quickly. Guess I will email them if this is the way it stays.

Those two green things are a battery and a charger. The battery is a lithium and must come via a truck. I purchased an electric chain saw earlier this year and that is the exact same battery that came with it from Greenworks. Recently few things that I order have been being delivered by the mail but by UPS. I think it started the middle of August.

I just tried it, and it said I wouldn't get it until next Thur, 9/20. I live 10 min from the huge Amazon distribution center in Seattle.

Has it been shipped? Sometimes if you go to Track your package it will tell you where it was shipped from. I think my chain saw was shipped from New Jersey.

Just for fun I looked at some other items from my daughters wishlists that are prime. The date for all of them says 25th. It’s a bit weird since it seems to work for all of you. I am not a customer to return a lot of things to be placed on some blacklist.

Maybe Lucille is right, the conditions in your area?
They might be giving you a worst case date and it won't really take that long?

I have an item shipped by a 3rd party seller coming from Greensboro, North Carolina. It seems to be moving and they (USPS) expect it will be here (Vero Beach, Florida) on Monday. Maybe it won't.

Iris I looked at their website. Although it stated they have a ecommerce office in Seattle, Washington their US head office is in Mooresville, NC. I am not certain if a ecommerce office is just a selling office but I think so.

Edited to add that your OP stated it would arrive Monday the 24th. Monday is not the 24th.

The 24th is a Monday. Just not the Monday I would expect it with Prime shipping.

Iris, I checked the blower you ordered and for me it is showing if I order today, I get it Tuesday the 18th. You may get yours sooner, but I bet the delay is your address in South Carolina. The warehouse yours is coming from is probably impacted by Florence even if you are not.

ETA: Your warehouse could also be out of stock and mine is instock.

I ordered 15 packages of rawhide chews our dog liked that were being discontinued at the pet store. They came from all over the country in 12 different boxes!

I have no problem if this is weather related and temporary. I was just wondering if something changed with Prime since I didn’t see anything that orders to the East coast would be delayed because of the weather.

This is just food for thought.....

I used to be a big fan of Prime and Amazon, but lately, as in the past year and a half or so, there have been some notable changes to their business model that I’m not so thrilled with especially in light of the 20.00 price hike this year.

1. The Prime options of a product are always a few dollars more than the same product without prime. So between the annual fee and the higher price, you’re basically paying for that 2 day ship fee.

2. The 2 business day model is becoming more and more infrequent.

3. The sellers are not monitored and you are always at risk of unwittingly getting copycats.

4. They have altered their return policy. Use it more than they think you should and your account is automatically canceled, even the subscriptions you’ve paid for and are prime dependent.

5. Their pricing is not usually any better than what I can get at a local store AND now I have to pay taxes on purchases too.

6. ETA: They now use a combination of shipping services which primarily entails the postal service. We’ve had several problems with deliveries and I’m just not a fan.

During this past year, before I turn to Amazon, I’ve been trying to buy locally instead. At least that way I’m supporting local businesses and because of Amazon, they need all the help they can get. We’re up for renewal in November and I’m seriously considering the idea of canceling it all together.

If I could buy the item locally, I would. The ONLY reason I started shopping Amazon and the ONLY reason I order now, is that NO ONE carries it local. The daybed I ordered, not one furniture store in a 100 mile radius even had a display, you had to order from a catalog. (and it took 6 weeks to come.)

Nothing I order from Amazon or Ebay is available local.

" I didn’t see anything that orders to the East coast would be delayed because of the weather. "

How could you POSSIBLY not figure that out? Have you not watched the news??

Chess-yeah, of course I have watched the news. They do usually say something though. Due to winter storm, hurricane or whatever. This time I just had a longer than expected date on my items.

I order so little that I didn't know I'd get a $1 credit for not caring when the stuff I ordered arrived. (Disposable paper bags for our central vacuum.)

I'm a very satisfied Amazon Prime customer at probably a mid-range level of buying activity. For me, it's all about convenience, availability, and fair prices.

I probably average two purchases a month. I've never had an issue with two day Prime delivery (which sometimes involves the US Postal Service for smaller items) and sometimes things arrive in one day. I live in an area that I suspect has a high concentration of Amazon buyers and maybe Amazon is more geared up to successfully handle the volume here compared to other areas, I don't know.

Whenever possible, I avoid Marketplace seller shipping and instead, I look for the same item sold by or fulfilled by Amazon. Even at a higher price, just to minimize the chance of a hassle.

Returns are a breeze, no questions asked.

I have been using Amazon Prime for over a year. No problems until a few weeks ago. Prime order said to arrive on Sat (I needed it Sat). Got an email confirming this. Then I got an email from Amazon saying it would ship on Sept 13! I called and they could never give me a reasonable explanation (English not being CS man's first language didn't help) so I cancelled the order.

I've been a prime member for several years. Used to be everything was "free" 2 day shipping... then this past year especially it would say that but when I ordered it might say delivery was free 2 day... but it was not 2 days from then. I kept complaining every time. I got several free months from them for basically deceptive advertising. Finally it no longer says free 2 days but it will say free delivery by ____ date. That's fine with me.

Don't tell me it's free shipping in 2 days when it's not. If it takes longer, then so be it, but quit saying 2 days. I guess they finally got that - at least with my orders!

On a side note, if you haven’t ordered the blower yet check out the Ego 530. It got really good ratings. I bought one at at a big box store last week for $179. Loving it.

I did order it. The Greenworks chainsaw is working very well for us, so I thought I stick with the brand.

My brother was here in VA over the weekend and left Sunday morning to go back to FL. It took him TEN and a half hours to get from Rocky Mt, NC to Florence SC. There are so many road closures it is just unbelievable. I am surprised if anyone is getting any orders anywhere, on time.

Oh no! That’s terrible! Thankfully the weather in my area turned out far better than predicted. I got 1.5 inches of rain total instead of the at least 8 inches they predicted.

The last thing I ordered from Amazon had an expected delivery date of 10 days (no, it wasn't Prime, but it did qualify for free shipping). I received it in two days!

There is a warehouse just south of Cincinnati, and a few more have opened in Ohio, so things often arrive in 1-2 days; but some things come from far and can take a long time.

"Last mile" via USPS has been a real problem, though. Tracking says delivered although it wasn't, and might not show up for several days, or has been mis-delivered, or has just disappeared.

Elmer, you may have an Amazon facility fairly close to you also which would account for the rapid arrivals.

You are in SC and your have just suffered through a hurricane. Many roads, including the interstates are too flooded to travel through. The Governor of your state has asked that non-essential travel be curtailed until flooding damage and dangers are gone. Have patience, one weeks wait is not bad and it may even be longer.

" ... USPS has been a real problem, though. Tracking says delivered although it wasn't ... "

I don't know if USPS does this everywhere but one time I had a package show as "Delivered" when it had not been. (Not to me that is)

I called the post office and gave the tracking number. The lady was able to see the GPS coordinates (and physical street address) of the location at which the carrier scanned the package "Delivered".

She was able to quickly verify that the package had been misdelivered (and where to).

I didn’t say I have a problem, I just wanted to know why. Tried to google it first and there were a bunch of articles that stated prime isn’t 2 days anymore. Some were from 2015 though, so I thought I ask here if there was a change I missed.

I am sorry it should have been obvious with a hurricane about to hit either North or South Carolina that a delay should be expected. Given the timing adding extra money for one day shipping would not have done anything as the roads are CLOSED.

My point is, it was not said it was a delay. It was just stated as a date. There was one order I placed last year that told me right away that FedEx delivery to my Zip code would be delayed (don’t remember if that was Amazon). I am not anywhere near the coast (and yes I am watching the news and am aware of inland flooding).

Have to add that I just signed out of my Amazon account and looked up some items. With 2 day delivery (if I sign up for prime) they would again arrive on Monday the 24th. Since I signed out, they shouldn’t know I am in SC, right? And it would still be a week.

edited to show the same book from before. So batteries are not the problem.

I think that, even if you are not signed in, some sites (and perhaps Amazon is one) can see your general location. I won't swear to that, though.

Just saw that zooming in. Not my city, but close enough. Thanks.

https://lifehacker.com/what-amazon-primes-two-day-shipping-really-means-1824111872

Iris,

I am in NC and ordered several things the past few days and they all say delivery Mon 24th. I called and inquired about this and was told it was due to Hurricane Florence. They said it may come earlier but do not expect it to. Many roads in and out of NC and SC are packed and/or not driveable so they're not sending trucks through. Hope this helps.

Jennilyn

Just an update,
Looks like they're getting things out when they can. One of my "Sept 24th" items is currently out for delivery today and a couple others switched to Thurs the 20th.

Yay!

I ordered a few things yesterday and it'll be out for delivery today. I had to call the courier because I forgot I bought tickets for a movie and don't want them to dropship. Instead I want them to "hide" the parcel. Let's hope they do....

spank, have you spoken to Amazon about this? Could it be flood related?

I wonder if they are already thinking about Christmas shipping. Usually the tracking will say that a package will arrive by 8pm. Had one saying arriving by 11pm. I would rather get them the next day instead of the mailman showing up at bedtime.