Online retailers - quick delivery

[Mojooo]

So last night at 7pm I was on eBuyer looking for a PC part. I had the option of ordering for Friday (today, next day) or Monday. It was only £2 extra to have it for Friday.

As I was ordering at 7pm of Thursday I though it was optimistic to have it by the next day.

Anyway, it has just turned up at 4.30.

I checked the eBuyer website and saw it was with UPS by 12am and in my local depot by 6am.

How do they do it so quick? 24 warehouse? Is some of it automated?

Edited by Mojooo on Friday 26th February 16:35

[snotrag]

I ordered some stuff from rejel (Dinitrol suppliers) yesterday late afternoon.

Got to work this morning and Citylink driver was sat there before we'd even opend up at 8.30am.

And that was on the 'free' delviery option!

[the_lone_wolf]

I recently placed an order with Amazon just after 20:00 on a Friday, and was offered one month's free membership of their "Prime" service that gives you free upgrades to next day delivery (same method as any normal member but at zero cost)

Imagine the shock when it turned up at 07:30 the next day - on Saturdays here they tend to send out the Special Delivery items in a van (presumably so the posties can have a slightly later start) so they're always early on Saturdays

[v15ben]

I used a free voucher to order some books on Amazon on Wednesday night and they all predicted dispatch by 26/02/10 at the earliest! I was shocked to find one of them on my doormat this morning! That seller definitely got a good review too

[JakeS]

Only twice have I ordered an Item and it turn up in less than 24 hours (using standard delivery too). Games from shopto.net and car cleaning stuff from i4detailing. Really nice to order something mid afternoon and get the next morning!

[theaxe]

I once shipped some hardware for work. I boxed it up at about 4pm and took it to the loading bay in London.

At 9am the next morning I made it to the office in Madrid and the kit was there waiting for me.

[Nickyboy]

Ebuyer have a direct feed to our hub at Tamworth with negates the need for trunking to the collection depot. You can order as late as 11pm for next day delivery. The state of the art hub at Tamworth can sort 100,000 pkgs per hour so even arriving past midnight they can be sorted and out to the delivering depot by 4am

[fieldl]

Yep I ordered a replacement monitor at about 2230 from ebuyer it arrived the next day before lunch.
Awesome service

[Jasandjules]

I often find if you tick the 3-5 days option with on-line retailers it still arrives within 2 days or so.

I rather suspect that they have a more formal arrangement with the delivery companies because their entire business relies on it !

[Austin.J]

The Lone Wolf, careful with that Amazon prime member, as after the 30 day free trial has ended, it automatically renews it, cost £49. So unless you want to pay that, cancel it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.h...

Half way down, under fee's renewal.

[bigdods]

Mojooo said:

So last night at 7pm I was on eBuyer looking for a PC part. I had the option of ordering for Friday (today, next day) or Monday. It was only £2 extra to have it for Friday.

As I was ordering at 7pm of Thursday I though it was optimistic to have it by the next day.

Anyway, it has just turned up at 4.30.

I checked the eBuyer website and saw it was with UPS by 12am and in my local depot by 6am.

How do they do it so quick? 24 warehouse? Is some of it automated?

Edited by Mojooo on Friday 26th February 16:35

I ordered some bits from ebuyer at about 5pm on wednesday , being tight I selected the super saver 5 day delivery. It arrived next day at 8am !

[Chris_w666]

v15ben said:

I used a free voucher to order some books on Amazon on Wednesday night and they all predicted dispatch by 26/02/10 at the earliest! I was shocked to find one of them on my doormat this morning! That seller definitely got a good review too

Amazon predict the date automatically if you buy from the marketplace. They tell sellers to ship within 2 days, I always try to post things next day and despite its slating the postal service is usually very good in this country.

[elster]

Chris_w666 said:

v15ben said:

I used a free voucher to order some books on Amazon on Wednesday night and they all predicted dispatch by 26/02/10 at the earliest! I was shocked to find one of them on my doormat this morning! That seller definitely got a good review too

Amazon predict the date automatically if you buy from the marketplace. They tell sellers to ship within 2 days, I always try to post things next day and despite its slating the postal service is usually very good in this country.

For parcel sending it is absolutely fantastic!

For letters, not always so good from my experience.

[the_lone_wolf]

Austin.J said:

The Lone Wolf, careful with that Amazon prime member, as after the 30 day free trial has ended, it automatically renews it, cost £49. So unless you want to pay that, cancel it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.h...

Half way down, under fee's renewal.

That's why my phone has been reminding me for the last few days that on Monday it gets cancelled;)

[Mr E Driver]

I have had quite a lot of online stuff delivered next day.

If you are sending something RM Special Delivery on Friday and they ask if you want to pay extra for Saturday del, do not pay it
It will probably get delivered on Saturday anyway as the offices like to clear everything Saturday as Mondays are quite heavy for SD's and risk failing the 1pm deadline if they have too much to deliver.

It's only a way of extracting more cash out of you

Edited by Mr E Driver on Saturday 27th February 16:18

[Orb the Impaler]

eBuyer surprised me too last week. On Sunday I ordered a graphics card at about 4pm. Arrived Monday morning - amazing.

[NDA]

I once posted a letter on a Wednesday.

[bimsb6]

NDA said:

I once posted a letter on a Wednesday.

but did it get delivered, EVER !

[philthy]

Nickyboy said:

Ebuyer have a direct feed to our hub at Tamworth with negates the need for trunking to the collection depot. You can order as late as 11pm for next day delivery. The state of the art hub at Tamworth can sort 100,000 pkgs per hour so even arriving past midnight they can be sorted and out to the delivering depot by 4am

Most courier hubs are located close to the motorway in this area. Four and a half hours in a trunker (approx 220 miles), gets the parcel to the local depot, usually before 6am. Add an hour to sort it, and another two for the van to get to you, and it is still only 9am.
International stuff can be even more impressive, because it doesn't have to spend 3 hours waiting at airport security before it flies.

[Nickyboy]

philthy said:

Nickyboy said:

Ebuyer have a direct feed to our hub at Tamworth with negates the need for trunking to the collection depot. You can order as late as 11pm for next day delivery. The state of the art hub at Tamworth can sort 100,000 pkgs per hour so even arriving past midnight they can be sorted and out to the delivering depot by 4am

Most courier hubs are located close to the motorway in this area. Four and a half hours in a trunker (approx 220 miles), gets the parcel to the local depot, usually before 6am. Add an hour to sort it, and another two for the van to get to you, and it is still only 9am.
International stuff can be even more impressive, because it doesn't have to spend 3 hours waiting at airport security before it flies.

Indeed, our air cans come directly from Cologne to East Midlands where they are loaded on an air trailer straight to our depot by 6am. Not bad considering they dont arrive in Cologne to be sorted until about 1am