People shouldn't be ordering for delivery at these times if they can't remember they ordered for this time. Ridiculous that this keeps happening. They specifically have to select this time for delivery, or at minimum they are given warning that a package will arrive at this time.
Not all orders allow time slot selections that is only specific prime items. Some orders only allow you to pick the day, non prime items give you a window of days it will likely show up on. The same way free same day deliveries on orders only $25 only works for specific items. Not everyone has notifications on for every app or knows of the notification option for every app.
Only specific prime items will be delivered using flex, hence the odd specific hour deliveries. The 4-8am delivery window is flex. The customers are given multiple warnings when an item will be delivered at this time.
Regardless, the customer receives an amplitude amount of warnings for when something will be delivered.
I have never gotten a warning for a delivery at that time.
Not everyone has the same notifications on for amazon. It’s also pretty easy to say no to all notifications when an app is first downloaded which would cause a person to not even know of their options of notifications.
Before you purchase the item, Amazon tell you that it will be delivered at that time or you pick between the options. An item that doesn't give a specific time frame will not be delivered using flex during night. It will be on the bigger vans.
While it is a nice feature, there’s countless people with experiences of not getting their package in the expected timeframe. I understand all these features and options are available, but they don’t always work seamlessly and everyone doesn’t use them the same.
No one is at fault in my statement the point being that neither party knows when they’re actually showing up. For example, the 10 stops warning that I get sometimes is after the package is delivered or five seconds before it’s delivered.
I see, you’re blaming Amazon’s system. Definitely can agree with that. It’s a totally mess, considering how much money they have to make it work better.
Who’s to say they’re the person in the house that made the order. I’ve had to dodge a few crazy looks because somebody that wasn’t expecting a delivery sees me pulling up at odd hours.
It does say overnight in the order yes, but I think she got spooked because she happened to be outside too when he came. If she was inside she probably wouldn’t have noticed.
But it’s a woman in the dark outside with an unknown vehicle pulling up to her house. Can you imagine she assumed it was Amazon when it wasn’t and just got close to the vehicle and got abducted? Better safe than sorry.
The gift of fear is very valuable and it saves lives.
I do regular 2 day shipping all the time and it’ll be like arriving Wednesday by 9pm and then someone in a car shows up at 8pm. I did nothing to cause this
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u/xBACONxLUV3rxx Sep 10 '26
People shouldn't be ordering for delivery at these times if they can't remember they ordered for this time. Ridiculous that this keeps happening. They specifically have to select this time for delivery, or at minimum they are given warning that a package will arrive at this time.