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Old Oct 24, 2008, 01:20 PM   #1
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~33 hours ago I ordered one book and 4 games from them. One of the games is the pre order for fallout 3. The book and 2 of the 3 games already arrived! Very impressed considering that I am in the far end of the world (transportation wise), or as it is known around there, Aberystwyth.


Well done to Amazon and Royal Mail.
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i wish ....33 hours?


i've ordered from amazon.ca ... which comes from the easter side of the country... i beleive it's only about 1500km to go. and it's still taken nearly 2 weeks on average if everything is in stock.
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Old Oct 24, 2008, 03:38 PM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #3
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Interesting, you see when I was back in Greece and I ordered anything from amazon.co.uk they would send the things from the french site, at least the packaging said amacon.fr or something. Anyway, if say I ordered something on Tuesday, I would have it in Greece by Thursday...all the time it always took two working days. Which, come to think about it, it is even more impressive than the 33 hours, even to Aber.
When I ordered something from Play.com it would take slightly longer, another couple of days. Although once it did take 2.5 months. But, I had already received a replacement from play.com so eh, yeah.


Mind you in all three cases I used regular mail, not any courier (dhl, ups etc)
Bare in mind that one of the games that was in stock, hasn't arrived yet, but I can live with that. I have Space Siege and Jericho to play

I don't know how things run in Canada, but two weeks sound too much. Perhaps someone doesn't like you at amazon or the post office ? :-p
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no 2 weeks is normal here....

actually it's average as it can be as much as 2 months occasionally.....

this being Canada Post/Purlator .... fedex/UPS is not available here.... reguardless of what is said, they will not come here at all.
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Amazon.ca FTL. Almost always I order from Amazon.com. Well that was until our dollar went in to the pooper
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i tried from amazon.com .... the packages take nearly twice as long...

plus they gouge the hell outa of us as you don't get free shipping options.... 25 bucks to ship?
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Well, out of nowhere, about noon there was a postman at the door. The Witcher Enchanced Edition arrived. I didn't even know they deliver on Saturday lol.
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i tried from amazon.com .... the packages take nearly twice as long...

plus they gouge the hell outa of us as you don't get free shipping options.... 25 bucks to ship?
There blurays and HD DVD's are way cheaper though. When our dollar was the same you could save a good $50-$70 on 7-10 movies.
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when the dollar was at par..

i ordered 10 movies.

amazon.com was going to charge me nearly 300 bucks.... the canadian site was cheaper at only 240ish
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when the dollar was at par..

i ordered 10 movies.

amazon.com was going to charge me nearly 300 bucks.... the canadian site was cheaper at only 240ish
.com also has buy one get one free bluray sales very often. making it significantly cheaper.
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how often, i've yet to see one...

atm i'm getting 40% off my entire blu-ray purchase i recently ordered.....
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Well, I have ordered a couple more things from them and so far nothing has taken more than 48 hours to deliver from the time I placed the order.
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