I ordered an item from Amazon last week that was showing a delivery date of May 2nd. I was hoping it would end up getting delivered a lot earlier like some Amazon shoppers have reported. It hadn't shipped by today so I cancelled the order because I really want the item by the 21st for a project starting the 22nd. I figured I would need to place another order by today to have a prayer of getting the item by the 21st. It turns out that Rockler has the item in stock in their local stores for only a few dollars more than Amazon. My experience with Rockler is that they are typically about the highest price unless on sale and typically the last place I would look for anything. One Home Depot fifteen miles away has the item, but for 20% more than Amazon.
On another note:
What is it with people whining about shipping, delivery, and pickup services during a pandemic? Most grocery delivery and pickup services have experienced at least a 300% increase in demand. Yes, it will be harder to get a grocery delivery or pickup slot if you can get one at all. No, none of these companies could possibly have been prepared for a 300%+ increase in business in a matter of a week or two.
One lady was whining about Hy-Vee mismanaging their grocery pickup service because it was hard to get a slot and they were all like five days out. Another lady was moaning and groaning because it was taking four days to get a Shipt delivery. She felt justified in her whining because she paid $99 per year and Shipt should be able to get her same day or next day delivery like normal times. Shipt has hired over 70,000 workers in the past 30 days which I think is amazing since that is over 2,000 workers per day.
Grocery stores are limited by logistics as to how many pickup and delivery orders they can do. Any orders with frozen or refrigerated items (most orders) have to be kept in cold storage until picked up or delivered. Sure, stores could order refrigerated trailers, but now you need staff and portable stairs and such to get orders in and out of the trucks. Most grocery stores don't have an extra dock they can keep a refrigerated trailer at for weeks on end. Stores are going to need extra coolers and delivery totes for more delivery orders which take time to order and receive.
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Originally Posted by Brian Elfert
