What's mildly irritating you today?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by glatt

I bought a replacement handle for a sink on Saturday from Amazon. ... They have the item in their warehouse, and they can easily pick it up and ship it, but they are just burning time. I'm not a Prime member, so they are deliberately making me wait.

When you buy an item from Amazon, you can choose the shipping and pay more for faster shipping.

I ordered the item on Saturday. They sent a confirmation email right away. Then Thursday morning I got an email that it shipped. Friday (today) I checked the status and it's out for delivery in my town.

So they waited 5 days and then shipped the item overnight. I paid nothing for shipping, but the shipping is costing them the same as if I had paid the premium price for shipping it overnight.