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elandrum | 6 years ago

I’m not hooked. In fact, I think it’s kind of obnoxious how much effort they put into getting me stuff so fast. If there was a “slow ship” button for Prime, I’d do it almost every time. I also don’t need notifications of it being “almost here! Watch it on a map!” Completely useless information for most of my orders.

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skellera|6 years ago

As mentioned, there is a button to ship it slower where they usually give you $1 or so for a digital purchase.

I think they slow it down by packing it up with other orders along the way which is more efficient yet slower to deliver.

kilo_bravo_3|6 years ago

In my region, not only is there a slow ship option, there is also a delivery day option.

With delivery day, you can bundle up all of your orders for the week and have them delivered in a single large shipment on a pre-specified day, Monday through Saturday.

You pick your day, and you have the option to make it the default on all future orders, and then you get one big box.

I don't know if it varies by region but with my account they are prominently displayed radio buttons on the "Review items and shipping" part of the checkout page.

rhino369|6 years ago

I get a slow ship option. Usually thrown in some sort of coupon too.

Though I suspect they just wait a while and then ship it fast anyway.

rkho|6 years ago

I've been hooked on No-Rush Shipping for a while now. The $1 digital item credit has helped me slowly build out my Kindle library, and it has the side effect of teaching me to wean off the instant gratification culture we have today.