Amazon Prime -- Anyone use it?
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Whole Foods will handle returns as well now and so will whatever they call their Amazon stores they have in malls.. 4 Star?
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Isn't your "fly speck" town just outside a metro area of 9 million people?Jeff V wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:52 pmHere they are ubiquitous. My little fly spec town (pop 19K) has one, as does the slightly larger horse fly spec town (pop 33K) about 15 minutes away. I know of at least 5 others within 30 minutes drive.Kasey Chang wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:59 pm No Kohl's anywhere near me, unfortunately. Closest is a city away in Colma.
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About 90 minutes to downtown Chicago on most days. Lots of cornfields in these parts.stessier wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:55 pm Isn't your "fly speck" town just outside a metro area of 9 million people?
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Amazon bringing back Kids in the Hall?. Yes please!
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Yes! Loved The Kids in the Hall.
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Except now they are old fogies now and the "hall" is a concourse in their nursing home.
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Kevin McDonald pops up from time to time. The kids know him as "that funny guy who was on Odd Squad."


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"“I like taking the guns early...to go to court would have taken a long time. So you could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.” -President Donald Trump.
"...To guard, protect, and maintain his liberty, the freedman should have the ballot; that the liberties of the American people were dependent upon the Ballot-box, the Jury-box, and the Cartridge-box, that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country." - Frederick Douglass
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I remember laughing uncontrollably at so many of their (often politically incorrect) skits. Anything with Scott Thompson's Buddy Cole character was gold (my favorite: Buddy coaches an all lesbian softball team called Sapphos Sluggers), and the dark but hilarious Daddy Drank skit...which you can find on youtube...I'd posted it earlier but deleted it because I had forgotten there's a little bit of humor in it that they probably wouldn't do these days.
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Hope they keep Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.
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"“I like taking the guns early...to go to court would have taken a long time. So you could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.” -President Donald Trump.
"...To guard, protect, and maintain his liberty, the freedman should have the ballot; that the liberties of the American people were dependent upon the Ballot-box, the Jury-box, and the Cartridge-box, that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country." - Frederick Douglass
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"“I like taking the guns early...to go to court would have taken a long time. So you could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.” -President Donald Trump.
"...To guard, protect, and maintain his liberty, the freedman should have the ballot; that the liberties of the American people were dependent upon the Ballot-box, the Jury-box, and the Cartridge-box, that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country." - Frederick Douglass
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We used to race home from the bar early whatever night the new eps debuted to watch them fresh. And then tape the ep and watch it again immediately.
We went to the bar every night in those days because there was a war on.
Pretty sure I've got them all on DVD somewhere. I wish they were doing more than 8 episodes!
We went to the bar every night in those days because there was a war on.
Pretty sure I've got them all on DVD somewhere. I wish they were doing more than 8 episodes!
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Kevin has said in interviews that that is an accurate portrayal of his father.

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Fun times. With NJ shut down Amazon has pretty much become unusable for me. Anything non-eDelivery is showing a delivery time of 4/22 right now. I'll keep an eye on it but something has definitely gone wrong.
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This is them load-balancing for food/personal/hygiene supplies. My guess is that they're putting an automatic +30 days on "non-essentials" but you'll get it in 7-10 days. I know for all the dry goods I've been ordering over the last three weeks, they've been giving me crazy estimates but then 24-48 hours later they revise delivery dates to within a week.
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For the most part orders have been fine for me (in Boston) - seems like mostly another day or two. So far the longest wait has been for an Amazon computer mouse, which is scheduled to arrive a week after I ordered it.
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I ordered HDMI and DVI cables (for WFH). Sunday order, scheduled for Thursday delivery.
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"“I like taking the guns early...to go to court would have taken a long time. So you could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.” -President Donald Trump.
"...To guard, protect, and maintain his liberty, the freedman should have the ballot; that the liberties of the American people were dependent upon the Ballot-box, the Jury-box, and the Cartridge-box, that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country." - Frederick Douglass
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"“I like taking the guns early...to go to court would have taken a long time. So you could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.” -President Donald Trump.
"...To guard, protect, and maintain his liberty, the freedman should have the ballot; that the liberties of the American people were dependent upon the Ballot-box, the Jury-box, and the Cartridge-box, that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country." - Frederick Douglass
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Expect it to be late.LawBeefaroni wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:19 pm I ordered HDMI and DVI cables (for WFH). Sunday order, scheduled for Thursday delivery.
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I can live if it's late but they've been on target with other deliveries this past week.Kasey Chang wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:20 pmExpect it to be late.LawBeefaroni wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:19 pm I ordered HDMI and DVI cables (for WFH). Sunday order, scheduled for Thursday delivery.
" Hey OP, listen to my advice alright." -Tha General
"“I like taking the guns early...to go to court would have taken a long time. So you could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.” -President Donald Trump.
"...To guard, protect, and maintain his liberty, the freedman should have the ballot; that the liberties of the American people were dependent upon the Ballot-box, the Jury-box, and the Cartridge-box, that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country." - Frederick Douglass
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"“I like taking the guns early...to go to court would have taken a long time. So you could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.” -President Donald Trump.
"...To guard, protect, and maintain his liberty, the freedman should have the ballot; that the liberties of the American people were dependent upon the Ballot-box, the Jury-box, and the Cartridge-box, that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country." - Frederick Douglass
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As a test, I just ordered a movie with a scheduled delivery date of Friday. We'll see what happens.
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Man, you must have slow internet if it takes that long to stream.pr0ner wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:38 pm As a test, I just ordered a movie with a scheduled delivery date of Friday. We'll see what happens.
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Ha. I still buy physical media for things I want to watch with the absolute best picture quality.
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I’m seeing similar expected times (April 22) for everything as is my brother in Dallas. So it seems like it’s not really based on your location.
It may just be a coincidence, but I ordered a few things last week that were supposed to get here today; instead they arrived on Saturday. Could they have been trying to get all the non-essentials out of the way and rushed my delivery?
It may just be a coincidence, but I ordered a few things last week that were supposed to get here today; instead they arrived on Saturday. Could they have been trying to get all the non-essentials out of the way and rushed my delivery?
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It's definitely item based. There was some thought about it being Amazon locker vs not. That seems to be in the mix. We figured out that Amazon lockers at Whole Foods were better than Amazon Lockers at Wegmans. That makes sense if they just use the Whole Foods network.
Anyway what it looks like it comes down to is availability of a particular item in local warehouses. It isn't essential vs. non-essential either I believe. Unless Monster is essential.
The items were picked by just following suggestions from Amazon - so this is what their algos are pushing. Clicking on colors even sometimes matters.
Monster Energy Drink - Red / April 22nd
Monster Energy Drink - Purple / Saturday
Premier Protein Latte / Saturday
Premier Protein Caramel / April 22nd
5-pack Amazon Basic 6-foot HDMI cables - Black / Saturday
5-pack Amazon Basic 6-foot HDMI cables - Blue / April 22nd
Anyway what it looks like it comes down to is availability of a particular item in local warehouses. It isn't essential vs. non-essential either I believe. Unless Monster is essential.

The items were picked by just following suggestions from Amazon - so this is what their algos are pushing. Clicking on colors even sometimes matters.
Monster Energy Drink - Red / April 22nd
Monster Energy Drink - Purple / Saturday
Premier Protein Latte / Saturday
Premier Protein Caramel / April 22nd
5-pack Amazon Basic 6-foot HDMI cables - Black / Saturday
5-pack Amazon Basic 6-foot HDMI cables - Blue / April 22nd
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I also wonder if they're getting push back from USPS over deliveries? I know my poor local RR driver has been the real MVP for me, delivering all kinds of Amazon nonsense over the last ~3 weeks.
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Wife ordered a thermometer two weeks ago so we'll know when we have the COVID. It was reported shipped yesterday.
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In my area I see branded Amazon vans mostly. Occasionally it is unmarked vans. Rarely USPS / Extremely rare other carriers.Smoove_B wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:36 pm I also wonder if they're getting push back from USPS over deliveries? I know my poor local RR driver has been the real MVP for me, delivering all kinds of Amazon nonsense over the last ~3 weeks.
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A dog collar I ordered Saturday says it will be delivered Thursday. My wife ordered an end table today and it was scheduled for April 22nd.
I went down my shopping list of items and a pair of Oofos Exercise recovery sandals said March 31st for it. Wifi headphones March 28th. SSD drive April 22nd. Pet gate March 28th. So I'm not sure what the algorithm is for deciding what is essential...
I went down my shopping list of items and a pair of Oofos Exercise recovery sandals said March 31st for it. Wifi headphones March 28th. SSD drive April 22nd. Pet gate March 28th. So I'm not sure what the algorithm is for deciding what is essential...
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I think they'll happily sell what is local. What they won't guarantee anytime soon is getting those items back in stock and they aren't going to be doing any spoke-to-spoke item transfers. What they re-stock will be prioritized based on what they consider essentials...whatever that means.Lassr wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:01 pm A dog collar I ordered Saturday says it will be delivered Thursday. My wife ordered an end table today and it was scheduled for April 22nd.
I went down my shopping list of items and a pair of Oofos Exercise recovery sandals said March 31st for it. Wifi headphones March 28th. SSD drive April 22nd. Pet gate March 28th. So I'm not sure what the algorithm is for deciding what is essential...
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Arrived today, a day early.LawBeefaroni wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:25 pmI can live if it's late but they've been on target with other deliveries this past week.Kasey Chang wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:20 pmExpect it to be late.LawBeefaroni wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:19 pm I ordered HDMI and DVI cables (for WFH). Sunday order, scheduled for Thursday delivery.
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"...To guard, protect, and maintain his liberty, the freedman should have the ballot; that the liberties of the American people were dependent upon the Ballot-box, the Jury-box, and the Cartridge-box, that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country." - Frederick Douglass
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"...To guard, protect, and maintain his liberty, the freedman should have the ballot; that the liberties of the American people were dependent upon the Ballot-box, the Jury-box, and the Cartridge-box, that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country." - Frederick Douglass
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Put in an order for something last night (a vacuum - how exciting!) and the delivery date is listed as this weekend. So maybe the April 22 date was just a temporary holding place?
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I'm still pretty sure it's just Amazon covering their asses. It's like Scotty said, " Oh, you didn’t tell him how long it would really take, did ya?" They're giving themselves wiggle room to prioritize other orders without dealing with support calls, and possibly trying to temporarily make other products less appealing to ease the pressure on what's sure to be a decreased workforce.
In other words you'll still get it in a few days, but if they should suddenly have to shutter a warehouse, they're covered.
In other words you'll still get it in a few days, but if they should suddenly have to shutter a warehouse, they're covered.
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Amazon seems to be functioning smoothly enough hereabouts. I was able to place a Prime-shipping order yesterday afternoon that shipped overnight and I just received a notification from the courier that it is out for delivery this afternoon.
A quick scan of the grocery section mostly shows goods that are either out of stock or have shipping times ranging from one-day to one-week, but nothing I noticed is marked as a one-month shipping time. Prices range from pretty normal to weirdly expensive, but that was true pre-pandemic as well.
A quick scan of the grocery section mostly shows goods that are either out of stock or have shipping times ranging from one-day to one-week, but nothing I noticed is marked as a one-month shipping time. Prices range from pretty normal to weirdly expensive, but that was true pre-pandemic as well.
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I'm totally fine with that. Having lived in an era of "Wait 4-6 weeks for delivery" being told it might take 4 or 5 days for something to arrive makes me shrug my shoulders. I'm just happy it'll arrive at all.Blackhawk wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:36 amI'm still pretty sure it's just Amazon covering their asses.
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My last couple orders have actually come a day before they are estimated. I've been doing the "let it come later for a credit on Kindle books" and they've been early. So that's cool since I'm doing a lot of reading with this free time.
One item in my cart is annoying me though and that's a new router. My current one is ooold and craps out once a day and needs to be bounced. Now that I've got the money and ordered a new one it's out of stock for a couple weeks. I don't have a problem dealing with that but with both my wife and I working from home we need that stable connection.
One item in my cart is annoying me though and that's a new router. My current one is ooold and craps out once a day and needs to be bounced. Now that I've got the money and ordered a new one it's out of stock for a couple weeks. I don't have a problem dealing with that but with both my wife and I working from home we need that stable connection.
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Shop around.Z-Corn wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:29 pm One item in my cart is annoying me though and that's a new router. My current one is ooold and craps out once a day and needs to be bounced. Now that I've got the money and ordered a new one it's out of stock for a couple weeks. I don't have a problem dealing with that but with both my wife and I working from home we need that stable connection.
You may well find the same router for a cheaper or similar price at Walmart, NewEgg, B&H Photo Video, Monoprice, or Best Buy.
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I may end up shopping around or going with my second choice but I'm beholden to that 5% return from using my Amazon card. They've got me locked in like a sucker!Anonymous Bosch wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:03 pmShop around.Z-Corn wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:29 pm One item in my cart is annoying me though and that's a new router. My current one is ooold and craps out once a day and needs to be bounced. Now that I've got the money and ordered a new one it's out of stock for a couple weeks. I don't have a problem dealing with that but with both my wife and I working from home we need that stable connection.
You may well find the same router for a cheaper or similar price at Walmart, NewEgg, B&H Photo Video, Monoprice, or Best Buy.
edit to add: I checked, nobody has it cheaper than Amazon.
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That's good to know. My middle child, who is home doing distant-learning for college, managed to ruin the power adapter for his school laptop. Amazon was quoting April 23 as the delivery date for a replacement. I'm also in NJ.Smoove_B wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:09 pm This is them load-balancing for food/personal/hygiene supplies. My guess is that they're putting an automatic +30 days on "non-essentials" but you'll get it in 7-10 days. I know for all the dry goods I've been ordering over the last three weeks, they've been giving me crazy estimates but then 24-48 hours later they revise delivery dates to within a week.
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I ended up buying what was my first choice months ago before I switched to my second choice which had lured me in with bells and whistles. New router and mesh extension will be here Monday!Z-Corn wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:07 pmI may end up shopping around or going with my second choice but I'm beholden to that 5% return from using my Amazon card. They've got me locked in like a sucker!Anonymous Bosch wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:03 pmShop around.Z-Corn wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 2:29 pm One item in my cart is annoying me though and that's a new router. My current one is ooold and craps out once a day and needs to be bounced. Now that I've got the money and ordered a new one it's out of stock for a couple weeks. I don't have a problem dealing with that but with both my wife and I working from home we need that stable connection.
You may well find the same router for a cheaper or similar price at Walmart, NewEgg, B&H Photo Video, Monoprice, or Best Buy.
edit to add: I checked, nobody has it cheaper than Amazon.
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I'm still seeing massive delays. My monthly Amazon order (that I'd typically get next week) was just pushed back 3 weeks. These are all food/personal products that I've been getting monthly for well over 2 years.Hrdina wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:41 pmThat's good to know. My middle child, who is home doing distant-learning for college, managed to ruin the power adapter for his school laptop. Amazon was quoting April 23 as the delivery date for a replacement. I'm also in NJ.Smoove_B wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:09 pm This is them load-balancing for food/personal/hygiene supplies. My guess is that they're putting an automatic +30 days on "non-essentials" but you'll get it in 7-10 days. I know for all the dry goods I've been ordering over the last three weeks, they've been giving me crazy estimates but then 24-48 hours later they revise delivery dates to within a week.
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A lot of stock is now listed here with shipping dates that are a month out, but there is also stuff with one-day shipping still available.
Our local public health is now recommending wearing non-medical face masks for things like grocery shopping, to reduce the chance that you are depositing respiratory goo while in public choke-points, so I placed an order for a reusable dust mask last night and it shipped overnight. Of course, as of this morning the same item is listed as in stock but available for shipping on 10 May, so they may be closing off shipping options on more and more stuff as time goes on.
Our local public health is now recommending wearing non-medical face masks for things like grocery shopping, to reduce the chance that you are depositing respiratory goo while in public choke-points, so I placed an order for a reusable dust mask last night and it shipped overnight. Of course, as of this morning the same item is listed as in stock but available for shipping on 10 May, so they may be closing off shipping options on more and more stuff as time goes on.
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I had an order yesterday. Said it would arrive April 28. It shipped same day and will probably be here by Saturday.
Last order was placed on 3/28, estimated arrival of 4/22. It arrived 4/1.
I think they are being very careful to under-promise in a big way on the delivery times.
Last order was placed on 3/28, estimated arrival of 4/22. It arrived 4/1.
I think they are being very careful to under-promise in a big way on the delivery times.
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