Amazon Logistics (rant)

Feral_Moon

The depots where couriers collect parcels from is not available to customers. And most couriers are self employed so can deliver your parcel any time they see fit within the regulated hours.

forgotmyname

I do wonder where they are based locally.

Ordered some stuff and it arrived in less than 2 hours. Some bits from Morrisons which is 20 + minutes away without traffic.

But other items were odball tools that normal shops would not stock, yet they arrived within 2 hours also.

Ordred a book for a £ or so and it arrived the same day. Well i ordered it around midnight and it arrived around lunchtime.

I must be in a good catchment area for Amazon.

custardy

forgotmyname wrote: »

I do wonder where they are based locally.

Ordered some stuff and it arrived in less than 2 hours. Some bits from Morrisons which is 20 + minutes away without traffic.

But other items were odball tools that normal shops would not stock, yet they arrived within 2 hours also.

Ordred a book for a £ or so and it arrived the same day. Well i ordered it around midnight and it arrived around lunchtime.

I must be in a good catchment area for Amazon.

Its not where they are based. its what stock is held in your local Amazon warehouse.

RichardD1970

forgotmyname wrote: »

I do wonder where they are based locally.

Ordered some stuff and it arrived in less than 2 hours. Some bits from Morrisons which is 20 + minutes away without traffic.

But other items were odball tools that normal shops would not stock, yet they arrived within 2 hours also.

Ordred a book for a £ or so and it arrived the same day. Well i ordered it around midnight and it arrived around lunchtime.

I must be in a good catchment area for Amazon.

If you use Prime Now, it tracks the delivery on a map in (near) real time so shows where the warehouse is. My local one is about 4 miles away on a local industrial estate.

forgotmyname

RichardD1970 wrote: »

If you use Prime Now, it tracks the delivery on a map in (near) real time so shows where the warehouse is. My local one is about 4 miles away on a local industrial estate.

Yeah it was PrimeNow. The map did show a local shopping centre, but the items came from Morrisons which is not in that location. 15-20 minutes or so away?

Who stocks a set if milling cutters for a milling machine, or a spool od 3D printing filament?

[Deleted User]

forgotmyname wrote: »

Who stocks a set if milling cutters for a milling machine, or a spool od 3D printing filament?

Amazon clearly "stock" those items if they are offering them for delivery within two hours!

Are you surmising that Amazon have some kind of arrangement with local supermarkets/traders to supply such items?

Feral_Moon

forgotmyname wrote: »

Yeah it was PrimeNow. The map did show a local shopping centre, but the items came from Morrisons which is not in that location. 15-20 minutes or so away?

Who stocks a set if milling cutters for a milling machine, or a spool od 3D printing filament?

Amazon don't deliver for supermarkets. What makes you think your goods came from Morrisons?

Prinzessilein

Amazon has a partnership with Morrisons....Morrisons are the supplier for Amazon Pantry.

Feral_Moon

Prinzessilein wrote: »

Amazon has a partnership with Morrisons....Morrisons are the supplier for Amazon Pantry.

Oh, ok, I didn't realise this. I've only ordered the Pantry once which arrived next day but there isn't a Morrisons within a 50 mile radius here.

[Deleted User]

Prinzessilein wrote: »

Amazon has a partnership with Morrisons....Morrisons are the supplier for Amazon Pantry.

Fair enough, but the non-food items mentioned would not be sourced (or stocked) by that supermarket.