Oh For Goodness Sake

[andrewducker]

I have Amazon Prime, which means I don't pay any postage costs for things bought from Amazon. Which is nice, and has so far saved me more than the yearly cost (£49).

It's great - except in one respect: They sometimes send things "guaranteed next day" - which means it goes by Citylink rather than Royal Mail. Citylink's nearest depot is in _Livingston_ - 28 miles away. The Post Office depot, on the other hand, is a 15 minute walk from my office.

Is there a way to say "For God's Sake, always send _everything_ by Royal Mail!!!"? No, there isn't.

Comments

[drjon.livejournal.com]

Sure there is. Open a second account, don't put it under Amazon Prime.

You'll have to pay postage, but it'll get sent by Royal Mail. (YAY Royal Mail!)

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

I also have Amazon Prime. Amazon have a LARGE warehouse in Glenrothes which is where most of their scottish stuff gets dispatched from. The citylink depot is right next door - hence why most Amazon stuff comes from citylink. This greatly pisses me off since if I'm not home(like today) I have to drive 18 miles to the citylink depot in GLENROTHES, which involves driving past the Amazon warehouse to get to, I'd actually be quicker going to the Livingston one.

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

This winds me up, too; I'm not that fussed about next day delivery, but I do like Royal Mail. What's worse, some things are 'fulfilled' by third parties; the Prime postage discount still applies, but the next day delivery is completely hopeless. I ordered something last week that I needed before the weekend; it did, luckily, arrive the day before I left home, but I'd assumed I'd have it two days earlier.

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Yep, I hate non-RM deliveries. If you're not in your house every second of every day, you need a car (and a lot of time to waste) to get to any of the out-of-town depots. I've actually instituted a policy of asking places I order from whether they use Royal Mail and just not ordering if they don't.

[anef.livejournal.com]

Am I missing something? I don't pay Amazon postage by ordering more than about £16 worth at a time. It's not difficult. Yes, I know you have to wait for it.

[andrewducker]

Except that doing it this way has saved me money because I haven't bought stuff I don't actually want, just to hit the £16 mark each time...

[anef.livejournal.com]

My Amazon shopping basket goes on for about 7 pages, so I can always find something that I want to make up the £16. But everyone has their own ways of managing stuff.