Author Archives: Bradley Froehle

Amazon’s Shipping Estimates

Why does Amazon tell you Super Saver Shipping will take forever, especially when it usually ships way before the time they tell you it will.

For example, yesterday I ordered:

Shipping estimate for these items: February 21, 2005- February 21, 2005
Delivery estimate: February 24, 2005- February 28, 2005

“Colgate Phos-Flur Anti-Cavity Fluoride Rinse, Cool Mint – 16 oz”
Health and Beauty; $9.99

And yet it shipped today, February 14th, a full week before it was scheduled to ship.

I understand that the free shipping probably cuts significantly into Amazon’s bottom line (and therefore they’ll do a lot to get you to pay for shipping), but can they at least not lie about the ship date by a week!?

Update: The other items I ordered (3 books) were shipped the day after (Feb 15th). All arrived on Friday, February 18, almost a full week before the predicted arrival time.

Knee

So I went skiing yesterday and managed to injure my knee to the point where I can barely limp around on it. My family has taken to calling me “cripple” and my girlfriend calls me “gimpy.”

I really hope this gets better fast…