From: clare@snyder.on.ca
On Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:06:24 -0400, Joe Gwinn
wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 12:39:45 -0700, Bob La Londe
>wrote:
>
>>On 8/5/2025 5:47 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>>> I've been seeing deteriorating tracking and delivery competence even
>>> from Amazon recently. Perhaps the problem is new AI software. My dog
>>> understood me better than the telephone AI I dealt with this morning.
>>
>>One of the things I really noticed with Amazon recently is blatantly
>>misleading or false delivery times with a twist.
>>
>>I quit buying anything important from Amazon for a few years because I
>>ordered some important items that had an option for a faster delivery
>>time. I selected the faster delivery time (a couple days), and then it
>>was two weeks plus for shipping from out of the country. Amazon tried
>>to claim that was the normal delivery time and I agreed, and showed them
>>their listing showing the option for faster delivery time, and my
>>payment for the faster delivery time, and they refused to acknowledge
>>the screenshots from their own website. I never got a refund for the
>>shipping difference, and they never acknowledge that they screwed me.
>>
>>Unfortunately the world has gotten to the point where sometimes you have
>>no choice but deal with dishonest soulless if not outright evil
>>corporations like Amazon, Ford, and Alphabet, or do without. You have
>>to choose the one that screws you over in a way you can tolerate best.
>>
>>I find myself having no choice, but order some things from Amazon. I
>>can find them elsewhere sometimes for a lot more money and a lot more
>>lead time, but in business both of those things matter.
>>
>>During my recent air dryer upgrade I decided to upgrade everything.
>>Stainless braided outer lines for all my flex lines, assorted fittings,
>>bigger badder pre and post filters, and ... stuff. In order to get
>>several pieces in any reasonable time and price I had to order it from
>>Amazon. My wife gets a lot of household stuff from Amazon, so of course
>>we have a "Prime" account. Whatever that means. I used to have a
>>business account, and it didn't mean anything really. Anyway, in order
>>to find items that would deliver next day I selected "Prime" listings
>>and looked for next day (or two day) items. I did not sort by price.
>>There were cheaper prices on Amazon, but not with next day delivery. Of
>>course local industrial suppliers would say, "We can get it for you,"
>>and online industrial suppliers were either much more expensive or much
>>longer lead time or both. Anyway, I would find spec items listed as
>>next day delivery, add them to the cart, and then look in the cart to
>>see they had changed it to 2-5 days delivery. At one point I added
>>every single spec item, checked the cart, and deleted all those that had
>>changed delivery times. It was the only way to find those that actually
>>had next day delivery instead of the BIG FAT LIE. Since no job ever
>>goes to plan around here I wound up doing this three different times,
>>and I experienced it every single time.
>>
>>In my opinion Amazon has gas lighting you deliberately BAKED IN to their
>>software. "Oh, no. See in your check out it said you wouldn't get it
>>for 2-5 days." You thought you ordered next day delivery items, BECAUSE
>>YOU DID, but before check out they change it.
>
>You might wish to try McMaster-Carr. Their stuff is always
>satisfactory, and shipping time is correctly estimated. They do not
>compete on low low price.
>
>.
>
>Joe
You, Joe Gwinn, are the master of understatement!!!!!!!
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