They do carry multiple packages when they transport....so the fuel cost per lb is pretty low....whereas you are driving one package per vehicle.
Amazon has local dist centers...the free delayed shipping results from stuff being sent to those dist centers by truck?
note: don't work for Amazon...just shop there...shop elsewhere when I find a better deal that I think I can trust.
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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Yeah, YOU may save gas, but how often does shipping from wherever Amazon (or the merchant) has their warehouse to your house burn more gas/diesel than you save? Add to that the facts that A) Amazon doesn't tell you where they ship from (or at least I haven't figured out how) so you get (as I did just last week) a fairly common (but not available in my usual stores) item shipped from New Jersey all the way to Nevada; and B) Amazon just won't ship everything in one package. I ordered 5 books recently, which came in 3 shipments.
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