Yes, I've had items sold by Amazon, ship from their own facility, after waiting 4 days to ship even though it was in stock, only to have it relabeled and delivered late by UPS. Ive had items that said next day turn into weeks just after I purchase. Atleast sometimes you can cancel and rebuy for a better delivery date.
Ive gotten the feeling that Amazon doesnt actually know how to do final mile delivery properly, especially considering how much money they waste by sending 4 different vans to my house within a single day
> 4 different vans to my house within a single day
We had this issue in our area when they first started rolling out their delivery, but they've since gotten much better about grouping packages to the same address, no matter who it's addressed to.
(Single family home, in the city.)
Perhaps, like everything else, dependent upon the facility that's used?
Definitely possible but i think there are no more than 2 facilities within any reasonable distance of me. And they've been outsourcing a lot to USPS and 'the other two' lately.
My suspicion is they are inundated and forced to ship anything they get, the minute they get it.
I was thinking more that the facility near you may not be following best practices (if there are any) yet.
I definitely think our facility was just loading things on the truck as they came in at first (especially since things would be on the truck, be near our house, and then go back to the facility, only to be sent back out later).
Ive gotten the feeling that Amazon doesnt actually know how to do final mile delivery properly, especially considering how much money they waste by sending 4 different vans to my house within a single day