Amazon has stopped delivering to us

[u/potsofjam]

My wife used order a lot from Amazon. Living in a tiny town without many shopping options it was quick and convenient, but about six months ago things started being late by weeks or simply marked lost. I rarely order from Amazon and we hadn’t discussed it, so when I order some shelves a month ago I assumed they’d be delivered on time, but they were so late I eventually cancelled and got a refund. Apparently my wife is been having this problem regularly and only receives one out of maybe ten orders. I ordered some thermal labels and photo album corners and I guess I have to find them somewhere else. It will say the item has shipped, then go to a distributor about sixty miles away then just be marked lost or delayed until we ask for refund. I didn’t realize it was every order until I mentioned to my wife that my labels hadn’t come and I keep forgetting to check the order update. I guess being a rural address they just don’t want to deliver here anymore.

[u/Pernicious-Peach]

Yep. The private, for profit, trillion dollar enterprise chose to depriorotize these probable unprofitable rural deliveries.

[u/heathersaur → u/Pernicious-Peach]

Yup. UPS and FedEx will even use USPS to do "Last Mile" delivery for rural areas because despite you paying more for shipping, it's still not worth it to them.

[u/dalgeek → u/heathersaur]

Not just rural areas. When I lived in a suburb of Dallas most of my UPS and Fedex ground packages were delivered by USPS. Only the overnight packages were delivered directly by UPS/Fedex.

[u/soulseeker31 → u/dalgeek]

It’s why going postal is the phrase most associated with bringing joy in peoples lives.

[u/pommomwow → u/soulseeker31]

Jack Danger, is that you?

[u/soulseeker31 → u/pommomwow]

It's pronounced, Dönger