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Emma_N

I'm so pleased I spotted this thread! I'd forgotten I'd registered for Amazon Prime (so much for money saving) but I've just managed to cancel my subscription.

Kite2010

johnnyboyrebel wrote: »

Pedantic.



So are you suggesting they never use a guaranteed delivery service? The large number of regular Prime users will disagree......

They used to use Special Delivery for smaller items and City Link for the larger items, but that changed late 2010, now with the exemption of ordering on the weekends for Monday delivery or last evening before the cut-off where it would normally come by courier, smallish items (books, cds, dvds, games) they would put it onto Royal Mail 1st Class.

Go on order something around mid-day, I bet it will come Royal Mail 1st.

johnnyboyrebel

Kite2010 wrote: »

They used to use Special Delivery for smaller items and City Link for the larger items, but that changed late 2010, now with the exemption of ordering on the weekends for Monday delivery or last evening before the cut-off where it would normally come by courier, smallish items (books, cds, dvds, games) they would put it onto Royal Mail 1st Class.

Go on order something around mid-day, I bet it will come Royal Mail 1st.

We order daily from them for various items. Only once in around 2 years has it not arrived the next day. Having said that we order in bulk, not one CD so it would arrive next day.

Pound

I signed up for the 30 day trial. It seems a bit hit and miss though. One thing I ordered on Sunday and got it Monday morning which was very impressive. But I ordered something yesterday and it hasn't arrived even though it was due today and another item took over a week to arrive (yes, this was covered by Prime, not a marketplace item).

If it was reliable I would probably sign up because I buy almost everything from Amazon and it's nice to get it fast but I haven't been impressed with it so far.

custardy

Pound wrote: »

I signed up for the 30 day trial. It seems a bit hit and miss though. One thing I ordered on Sunday and got it Monday morning which was very impressive. But I ordered something yesterday and it hasn't arrived even though it was due today and another item took over a week to arrive (yes, this was covered by Prime, not a marketplace item).

If it was reliable I would probably sign up because I buy almost everything from Amazon and it's nice to get it fast but I haven't been impressed with it so far.

it used to be
however they dropped using RM SD and went to 1st class for a lot of stuff

whitelabel

I ordered yest and had a delivery today guaranteed with HDNL !!
it arrived as well, didnt pay extra for sat delivery either

never had something so quick form hdnl

split four ways between my sisters and i its not too bad a deal

Kite2010

And what I find is good is that HDNL no longer need a signature (for low-value goods) so no more having to hang around to wait for their van to come or risk having a "when you were out" slip

Labmanager

custardy wrote: »

it used to be
however they dropped using RM SD and went to 1st class for a lot of stuff

...and who does not deliver the service?

custardy

Labmanager wrote: »

...and who does not deliver the service?

what you mean using a guaranteed service or not?
muppet

pedmond

Just so I am clear here I am buying some earphones and I am being offered the free trial. I am more than happy to cancel and did the same thing with netflix but just so I know if I start the trial, order the headphones and then cancel my trial I will not be charged, correct? I was hearing off some people that its free unless you order something. They must be mad but then again I wanted to check. This is not that dissimilar to the netflix trial as mentioned before and they really could not make it any easier to cancel