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Default Do you also have a love/hate relationship with Amazon?


bf wrote:
I put my order in a couple days ago.. Expected delivery date is Dec
30.. LOL. I know to always expect a snail's pace from them, and I guess
I'm ok with not moving the sander for 2 months. At least not bothered
enough to cancel the order, but stuff like this definitely doesn't make
them my prefered supplier. After waiting 12 weeks to get some Freud
router bits from them, I never order anything from them that I need in
a hurry.



I've had a few instances where the upgraded shipping costs were so
small as to be silly to not opt for faster shipping. You might want to
select the one or two day shipping and see what the costs come out to -
just to see.

A good example is when I was purchasing a Bosch 10" SCMS. I looked it
up on Amazon, they had it for about $60 less than the only store in
town that had it in stock. When I selected overnight shipping, the cost
was $10. Yes, ten dollars. I closed out of the browser, searched for
the saw, and tried again and the same shipping price came up again.

So, it might be worth it to check what the shipping charges are when
you go to place an order - you may luck out.