• PantsOnHead@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve effectively stopped shopping on Amazon. Almost everything is available by another, smaller website that has way faster shipping since Prime Shipping is a complete farce now.

    Even the weird niche stuff can be found somewhere like Walmart. AliExpress, too. Which, at the rate Amazon is going, will soon have faster ship times too.

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      1 year ago

      AliExpress, too. Which, at the rate Amazon is going, will soon have faster ship times too.

      Yeah, maybe like 4 centuries from now. 2 day shipping is still way better than “maybe 2 months or something” from aliexpress

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        The last time Amazon Prime Shipping actually took 2 days for me was pre-COVID. Now, it says 7 days but last time I ordered, it took 9 days.

        Last time I bought from AliExpress, it took… 9 days. It just depends on where you’re shipping from and the available shipping options. They’re advertising free 12-day shipping and I’ve had multiple instances of items arriving early.

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          I guess it’s all dependant on location. I’m still somewhere that Amazon prime offers free same-day on a lot of basic things, and 2 day on nearly everything else actually sold by Amazon and not just 3rd party marketplace sellers.

          Also, the only things I order off aliexpress are electronic components and the like, so maybe it’s a different experience for ordering normal people stuff.

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      1 year ago

      Ordering from Walmart has always been a good experience for me. Especially when I can do in store pickup to keep my meth head neighbors from plundering my porch. However, the one item I did try to order from AliExpress never arrived, so that left a bad taste in my mouth.