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by teh_klev 4587 days ago
If you live north of Perth in Scotland and a parcel is sent via one of the big couriers it often gets subcontracted out to a local courier or franchised operator who can add another two to three days to deliver something that should be next day. I used to live in Perth and never had a single Prime delivery arrived next day as promised - in one ridiculous example, they shipped a parcel from their Greenock fulfilment centre to Perth and it took a week to arrive!. I ended up getting half the money back and cancelling Prime.

Four years later I found myself eligible for the free trial and have given Prime another shot, so far so good with 3 out of 3 orders arriving next day via Royal Mail.

"Some of the drivers decide they don't have time, or it's near the end of their shift, and log deliveries as no one home" - yes that is truly annoying and verging on fraudulent behaviour.

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I wouldn't say "verging on." It's an outright lie.