Amazon: from bought to shipped- 3 hours.
 

this purchase included a camera flash, books, assorted household supplies and an external hard drive enclosure.

amazon prime member.

impressive!

Amazon is the best online retailer.

shipped as in to your house?
do you live in their basement?

I'm not a prime member, but the gifts I bought 3 days ago for my gf arrived yesterday to her house with 2 day shipping.

The only thing I dislike is that Amazon caved into the state of NY and now charges NY sales tax on all deliveries to NY :(


Incidentally, the case all hinged on the simple fact that amazon has *affiliates* that live in NY state, and therefore under the law that equates to amazon having a PHYSICAL presence in NY, and THEREfore they are compelled by law to collect sales tax. Blah. Very bad precedent.

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He said shipped, not received :pimp

yup Amazon rocks! I order blue rays from them about twice a month along with various other things and they are always super fast :thumbsup

Apparently you've never ordered from newegg! :)

i buy from newegg often, in fact bought a 1.5 terabyte drive from them for $129 just a week or so ago.

I love that place.... Great deals... fast shipping and a return policy that basically makes me fell like I can throw my TV out the window ala Pink Floyd and get a new one.

I probably spend $20,000+ a year on books and electronics and stuff with Amazon and i have just one issue and its not really with them its their sellers. Its the practice of selling stuff for .01cent like iphone screen covers and then adding $6.00 mailing cost. Who the fuck do they think they are dealing with ? The mail cost on a cover i received recently was just 50cents by regular USPS so why the deception ? why not just charge a realistic price for the cover and not this deceptive way of doing business. Anytime i see this on Amazon i switch to another seller who charges a realistic price for mail even if i pay a little more for the product.


OK rant over Amazon still rocks :thumbsup:thumbsup

I sell on Amazon, and they do that for a couple of reasons. In your instance, Amazon only takes their cut from the sale price, not the shipping price.

Also, in terms of sales, it makes a huge difference if a seller gets the buy box. (that isn't just based on price, but price is a factor). Lots of times, as a featured seller, I will have the buy box, and be charging 3 times what the other sellers are that listed as "also available from", and I will make the sale. Shipping costs aren't factored in to the buy box positioning formula, so that is another reason.

Or that is my guess, anyhow. I don't know for sure, as things I sell are priced much higher than a penny. :)

ebay use to be the same way and i hated it. You would always see a item a whole lot cheaper then others but then go to get it shipped and it was way higher than shipping should be. Then i guess enough people complained cause now the shipping price is always listed on ebay and you don't see people playing that game anymore

Amazon and Newegg are probably the two places I make 90% of my purchases.

very nice :thumbsup

Yea they rock, too bad they don't sell much electronics for their canadian counter part

amazon is top notch!

I concur!:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

We have been selling on Amazon for 8 years now

That's the same here, although the one thing that I found recently is that Amazon actually has some cheaper prices than NewEgg on a few of the recent items I purchased.

I do love Amazon Prime, I just joined it 2 months ago and it's sure nice having 2nd day free shipping or $3.99 overnight :)