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18466455 No.18466455 [Reply] [Original]

So I'm buying an obscure book from Amazon US as a foreigner and it says that it will take 1-3 weeks so this made me suspicious. Why would it take so long? Is it a print-on-demand book (the details say it's from a real and famous publisher)? Or is it hidden in the darkest corners of their warehouse and they will find it via a lenghty expedition? Other books don't mention taking so long. Pardon my ignorance, brothers.

>> No.18466465

Amazon handles the logistics for regular retailers. If the shipping is longer than what’s typical, it’s probably because there’s a hold up with the retailer. If it’s sold by small time brick and mortar, it sometimes takes them a longer time to get the thing shipped, for example.

>> No.18466529

>>18466455
What book are you talking about hans?

>> No.18466536

>>18466455
>I'm ordering a book from the other side of the world, why does it take so long?

>> No.18466583

>>18466455
>t will take 1-3 weeks
I waited 2-3 months for the book and thought that it was normal.
Once they just wrote to me that "the order was lost on the way." They even returned the money (I was surprised).

>> No.18466624

>>18466583
where are you from?

>> No.18466631

Stop supporting Ama*on

>> No.18466632

>>18466465
FPBP
>>18466536
>Other books don't mention taking so long.

>> No.18466640

I once ordered a book from Germany and it took almost a month. These wait times are normal

>> No.18466650

>>18466632
Sometimes you're lucky and you get airmail. If they cheap out on shipping it'll take several weeks. Also the American postal service is crap.

>> No.18466666

>>18466624
Russia.
I am now ordering books from UK, Tolkien's original editions. I found a company in London, I write to them which book to buy, they buy it, receive it, pack it and send it to me as a "gift". It turns out 2-2.5 times more expensive, but at least I get my order.

>> No.18466681

>>18466455
All used books I buy take at least a week sometimes longer and that's from one US state to another

>> No.18466930

>Amazon
Order from anywhere else. My pick is Blackwells.

>> No.18467081

>>18466650
The USPS is sooooooo crap. Bunch of clowns running it based purely on the boxes they check for PR.

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>>18466455
complaining about 1-3 weeks shipping.. I'm here still waiting for my Ulysses copy I bought in April

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>>18467170
why does it always have to keep the name ffs.....

>> No.18467200

>>18467170
where do you live?

>> No.18467215

>>18467200
Israel

>> No.18467330

>>18467215
That's very far away, bro. Is buying books always this hard?

>> No.18467343

>>18466666
Why is your amazon in germany tho

>> No.18467354

>>18467343
what?

>> No.18467383

>>18467343
What? What has Germany to do with it? I do not understand.

>> No.18467399

>>18467383
that retard thinks you're OP

>> No.18467460

It’s not coming from an Amazon warehouse, Amazon is just facilitating the transaction between you and the seller. It probably won’t take three weeks.
You might try AbeBooks, they have a lot of obscure stuff and a large network of European book sellers.
I have ordered many books from UK and German bookstores

>> No.18467498

>>18467330
I order from a seller called "Rarewaves-Imports/USA". I ordered directly from amazon once it came in a week but the price is 50% higher. (20 dollars for a 130page book).

>> No.18467997

>>18467383
*german, autocorrect, you could have guessed as much. That’s german, not russian; you said you were russian. That’s kind of curious. Why would you use US amazon in german to send books to russia, then be suspicious of how long it takes to ship books, shipping anything from the us to europe and especially russia just takes a long ass time.

>> No.18468132

>>18467997
He's not OP. You're confused.

>> No.18468677

It's because of labor and supply shortages in America. Not enough workers = longer wait times, and essential goods are prioritized these days.

>> No.18468994

maybe you shouldn't be a europoor
ever thought about that?

>> No.18469115

>>18466455
It's because of a combination of laziness of the sellers to find and ship it, the bureaucracy of the U.S. postal service and, laziness of its workers.

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>>18466455
You aren't buying it from amazon, you're buying it from Book Depository (which is owned by amazon but is not amazon) who are selling it on amazon. As you can see, it is both sold and shipped from Book Depository. Book Depository as slow because the don't charge shipping fees*, so they select the cheapest (slowest) method of delivery possible. You may as well just buy it from them directly rather than through amazon https://www.bookdepository.com/
*it is already accounted for in the price.

>> No.18471092

>>18469464
Good to know. Time to wait, I guess.

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>>18467170
You got jewed bigly. I always buy from amazon because even free delivery is 2-3 days at most.

>> No.18471117

>>18466666
Chequed

>> No.18471132

>>18471113
he's from Israel

>> No.18471137

sometimes stuff gets stuck at customs for fucking ever