Yeah I dropped Prime a couple of years ago. I don't buy from Amazon at all anymore.
On Sat, Jan 15, 2022, at 9:57 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > There also appears to be no such thing as prime 2 day shipping anymore. > Often times I could order something today and have it tomorrow on prime > 2 day shipping. 2 days at the very least. Now days it takes a week or > longer. Not a lot of point in paying for prime anymore. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 15, 2022, at 8:45 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> WIX is a safe bet for industrial engines, I would avoid Hastings. I used >> WIX for years in the generator business and never once had an issue. >> >> I’m a bit peeved at shippers, too. >> >> I have a 30” Apple Cinema Display I want to move from Tampa to Flagstaff. I >> have an official Apple shipping box for one in Flagstaff. Because the >> shippers base most of their costs on volume and not weight, it would cost me >> $130-$140 to ship an 8 pound empty box from Flagstaff to Tampa. Once a >> monitor is in it, it would only add about $10 for the additional weight. >> >> So now I’m just going to have to pack it myself in some sort of non-standard >> box. It’s still going to cost a boatload of $$ to ship it, but at least I’ll >> only have to do it in one direction. >> >> Then I just have to hope the carrier doesn’t destroy it as they often do. >> I’ve already had two Mac Pros smashed by carriers when shipped in factory >> boxes. >> >> -D >> >>> On Jan 15, 2022, at 7:11 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Shipping is such a crap shoot. I ordered a bunch of stuff from Rock Auto >>> for the snowmobile club on Thursday, oil filters (box 1 of 3) showed up >>> yesterday afternoon... >>> As a side note we saved a BUNCH of money going with Rock auto. Oil filters >>> for a 12v Cummins were $7 each for WIX, Hastings Fuel filters $5 each!I >>> bought windshield wipers for all four groomers, the most expensive was $6 >>> for 26", the wipers alone would have been 4x the price at FLAPS... >>> -Curt >>> >>> On Friday, January 14, 2022, 03:40:47 PM EST, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I ordered a bunch of parts from Naperville a couple of weeks ago. Finally >>> got notice it shipped. FedEx shows it delivered by today. Yesterday I check >>> tracking and it shows in Lenexa KS. Makes sense. Just now sitting here in >>> my office I see the FedEx truck coming down the road. I figured I could now >>> head out to that shop and finish up the car that is on the lift. FedEx >>> truck rolls on by but doesn’t stop. I check tracking. Still says expected >>> delivery today but now it’s in Sioux City Iowa. Wtf? >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
