On: Amazon's Antitrust Paradox

[Spooky23]

Right after New Years and yes. It shipped within hours from the warehouse.

[sbierwagen → Spooky23]

Late deliveries go way, way up during the holiday season. Anybody who ships anything by fedex/UPS ground would see something like this.

Source: I work for an online retailer.

[Spooky23 → sbierwagen]

Interesting.

In my particular case it was FedEx/Smartpost. In my area, the USPS leg has been very reliable, 100% next day delivery from drop off at their Springfield, MA center to my door in Albany NY.

The FedEx Ground leg took forever, my little box made like 4 stops in Ohio and PA before hitting the post office in MA.

UPS typically does that in 2-3 days, USPS typically 3.

[manmal → sbierwagen]

Strange. In Austria, things shipped within 24h of ordering, mostly. UPS/DHL within 48h, but mostly less. They ramp up capacity a lot during holiday season.

They even delivered on sundays this year, which is pretty much unheard of in Austria.