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A book? Or another type of product? And from Amazon or an affiliate (Marketplace)?

Not that I want to fight for big corporate Amazon...

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Nov 22nd, 2009 at 01:07:12 PM EST
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A CD and from amazon. I made one large order of about 10 CDs. they announced it was coming in 3 parts. First two arrived (5CDs) but the third was in preparation and then ah can't be arsed.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Nov 22nd, 2009 at 01:16:36 PM EST
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This isn't necessarily Amazon's fault. They have three classes of items - 'in stock' which means what it says, 'due soon', which usually also means what it says, and 'ships in X weeks', which means 'Don't hold your breath, because the distributor probably doesn't have any.'

I've never had a problem getting the first two delivered, either from Amazon or the marketplace.

I've never had anything in the last class turn up at all, so I just ignore that category when I put in an order.

The only time Amazon misdelivered was when I ordered some books about Buddhism from the US, and they sent me some Harry Potter hardbacks instead.

I got to keep the Harry Potter, and they resent the original order without complaining.

I don't think they're a great company or particularly good to work for, but they seem adequately competent as an online retailer, so I wouldn't worry about buying from them if it's something that's not available locally.

Tragically, they're almost always cheaper than my local bookshop, which can get most things delivered next day, but charges a lot for the privilege.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Nov 22nd, 2009 at 01:50:02 PM EST
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ThatBritGuy:
they're almost always cheaper than my local bookshop,

Mine too. "Local" for me is a 50 km round trip, too. And unfortunately the bookseller does the sustaining part of his trade on school books, and so tunes his opening hours to teachers' availability. I was outside his shop at 10 am last Saturday, it wasn't open yet... So I order books on Internet.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Nov 22nd, 2009 at 03:10:24 PM EST
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