08-21-2016, 01:02 PM
You aren't looking closely enough at your transactions. Just because it is from the Amazon site doesn't mean it is from Amazon. I have had Prime for over 4 years now and have not had a single problem, and I have ordered thousands of dollars of things. There is Prime, there is shipped by Amazon, there is <some source> - satisfied by Amazon, then there is <some source> - shipped by that source, then there are sellers that aren't part of Amazon at all, paying to run their ad on Amazon. All are going to result in differing delivery conditions.
Amazon does have a glitchy tracking system for preorders, things that are sold out or orders that only come in lots, when is the next lot. Sometimes, the estimated stock date doesn't show up until the order page, right before hitting the order button. The updated product description there usually has the most up to date status of shipping. There are plenty of items that show up on the main page as in stock, then will show the estimated delivery date in the final status before order.
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
Amazon does have a glitchy tracking system for preorders, things that are sold out or orders that only come in lots, when is the next lot. Sometimes, the estimated stock date doesn't show up until the order page, right before hitting the order button. The updated product description there usually has the most up to date status of shipping. There are plenty of items that show up on the main page as in stock, then will show the estimated delivery date in the final status before order.
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*