Amazon: "carrier notified to pick up package" delay
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Amazon: "carrier notified to pick up package" delay
I can understand Amazon taking a couple of days to fill an order (especially with free shipping), but why does it take days sometimes for someone to come pick up a package? Tracking will say "Carrier notified to pick up package". It took four days on my last order for this status to change.
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Was the first scan 4 days later an Origin Scan?
I have had it a few times where they don't bother to or forget to do the origin scan, and the first real tracking activity I see if somewhere down the line.
I have had it a few times where they don't bother to or forget to do the origin scan, and the first real tracking activity I see if somewhere down the line.
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Originally Posted by atlantamoi
I can understand Amazon taking a couple of days to fill an order (especially with free shipping), but why does it take days sometimes for someone to come pick up a package? Tracking will say "Carrier notified to pick up package". It took four days on my last order for this status to change.
Last edited by rich-y; 01-31-08 at 12:30 PM.
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Originally Posted by rich-y
Was it shipped by USPS? If so, then Amazon saves a sizable chunk of change by presorting packages by zip code. Perhaps they are holding "free shipping" packages for 4 days so they can accumulate shipments and then presort them before USPS pick up. This would maximize their savings.
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Originally Posted by rich-y
Was it shipped by USPS? If so, then Amazon saves a sizable chunk of change by presorting packages by zip code. Perhaps they are holding "free shipping" packages for 4 days so they can accumulate shipments and then presort them before USPS pick up. This would maximize their savings.
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Yeah, I see that pretty often now... It used to be my Free Shipping order would arrive in 3 or 4 days.... now it takes that long just for the order to ship, plus another 6 days or so for delivery. Really lame...