I currently have a window on order....since October! I was told March 21 it should be here.....and I have NOT paid. Glad about that! ♥

Nope, don't care. I order from Amazon all the time, and never thought about this issue. I've found other things to be annoyed about (the health insurance that screwed up the coding and keeps billing me in error . . . the checking account that won't balance for the first time, and I can't figure out why, etc.), but Amazon isn't one of them and I'm sure Jung wouldn't be either. It all ends up on my credit card bill.

I've not had that experience, but then I tend to order one thing at a time, as I prefer for each item to be on its own invoice.

I've also not noticed the delay in being charged until the item ships, but then I do not pay that much attention to when I am being charged.

There are rare occasions when I do request that certain items be shipped together, but this is the exception instead of the rule for me.

If things must be shipped piecemeal, I prefer to be charged as they ship, but I can deal with it either way.

Amylou, I received 20 bare root trees on January 31. Not my preference at all. First I waited for the soil to thaw (which it did) now I wait for the soil to drain a bit.

Most people (and I believe most all businesses) prefer to not be charged until an item ships. Sometimes an item is ordered and then delivery is delayed, it becomes unavailable or not available in the ordered quality - reversals of prior charges are avoided by waiting until shipment, then charging what got shipped. Amazon is following the predominant practice.

I much prefer to be billed when it ships. So much can go wrong prior to that.

Billed when shipped.

I have Amazon Prime. I also have a feature with my bank that I receive an alert whenever something is charged to my account. I'm charged when I place the order. I know this because I'll get a text message alerting me that there's been a charge on my account a little bit later after I've placed an order. But it wouldn't matter to me anyway when the dollars are deducted from my account. Today, tomorrow, next week. I don't care.

How about something that amuses me? When strangers who are clearly bothered by me still see me post, and rush to said post to comment something negative without responding to the question asked.

I'm flattered, really.

I can’t solve the shipping problems, but I can send a hug to (AmyLou 332.)!

Another hug sent. Amylou is a breath of fresh air and her posts are always fun to read.

For multiple-item orders that ship at different times, it sure would be nice to have a view into the vendor's system to see "shipped/not yet shipped" per item. It's only software, how hard could it be? (that's a rhetorical question, no answers please!)

I love Amazon and they rarely mess anything up, but recently they delivered the wrong book. Once it's marked 'delivered' there's no button I can press to change the status to "Oh no you didn't!". They eventually gave me a refund but my account still shows that book as purchased & delivered, which it never was because they didn't have it.Oh well -- small problem, but irritating.

I really prefer to be charged when the item is shipped. Not everyone does it that way, but i’m finding more and more retailers do because of warehouse inventory issues that do not always agree with what we see as ’available’ when ordering. I don't mind receiving separate orders either as long as there is a note that tells me other items are shipping separately or on a different date.

I haven't ordered anything from Amazon in probably 15 years....long time and then it was probably something like a book or dvd. So I guess I don't care.

Now if there is something I want, I just buy it on eBay.

I am conflicted.

It can be hard to keep track of 13 items that are all shipping / billing individually.

On the other hand, it's much easier to subtract one lump sum from my running bank account total.

If I had a third hand, the vendor could hold everything to ship at once, but if there's any type of delay that wouldn't make me happy either. LOL!!

I like that they charge after shipping but the part I don't like is when they ship multiple items at different times and then instead of the total coming out of your bank account, it comes out in smaller amounts.

I find this annoying too, because I deduct the whole amount out of my banking and then get a notification of another charge and have to do some research to make sure all is correct and not being charged for something I didnt order

I only pay with paypal so if I have an issue, they will take care of it. So either way is fine with me. Just had another issue this week, they have my money since February 6 and keep getting the run around with them. I put it in Paypal's hands.

I prefer to bill when it is shipped. I have $50 sitting in my Walmart account from a Christmas gift that couldn't be shipped. I rarely order from Walmart online, so who knows how long that is going to sit in my account. It doesn't mater to us when it is charged to our CC. When the CC bill comes we just pay it in full.