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Amazon adds 1-hour and 3-hour delivery, but it will cost you

Are you planning on using this feature?

  • Yes, for everything

    Votes: 2 3.3%

  • Yes, but only occasionally

    Votes: 13 21.7%

  • Never

    Votes: 45 75.0%
  • Total voters
    60
winjer

winjer

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Amazon rolls out 1-hour, 3-hour delivery as ultrafast shipping trend grows in the U.S.

Amazon is speeding up deliveries even further after investing significant money and resources to make same-day shipping the standard.
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Tuesday it's starting one-hour and three-hour deliveries in parts of the U.S., as the company continues to look for ways to satisfy impatient consumers.

The company said three-hour delivery is available in about 2,000 cities and towns in the U.S., while one-hour delivery is available in hundreds of those areas.

More than 90,000 products are eligible for delivery in three hours or less, including pantry items, cleaning supplies, over-the-counter medications, clothing and toys.
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Prime members will pay a $9.99 fee for one-hour delivery and $4.99 for three-hour delivery, while customers without a Prime membership will pay $19.99 for one-hour delivery and $14.99 for three-hour delivery.
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we live right down the road from a major amazon hub in Dallas (North part, Prosper specifically) and 90% of the stuff I order gets here within 3 horus everyday, using basic prime membership. Its pretty nice. They even started doing drone delivery here (walmart and door dash have used us as a test market for it, its been... comical at times)
 
Ha, most of the time their "two-day delivery" takes a week to get to where I live. Even "overnight" often takes two days. No chance I'm ever seeing this.
 
Man, I waste so much money on bullshit I don't need but I just can't get over the mental hurdle of paying for someone to deliver something. I'd rather just go and get it myself. Admittedly it helps that I have a Publix and Home Depot less than 5 minutes from home.

Edit: I'm talking about stuff mentioned in the article like groceries and cleaning supplies.
 
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For the impulse degenerates.

If your city has these super fast options available, it means there's fulfilment centres in the area. There's a ton in my city.

I dont have Amazon Prime. As long as the products I order are in stock at their warehouses (not some third party reseller needing weeks or a month to ship), I have never got a delivery more than two days out. Depending what time I do an order, I might even get it the next day. Even on weekends. No Prime needed. No expediated shipping. Normal Free Delivery with minimum order gets me 1-2 days shipping.
 
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Our house has a pantry. If we need something in that amount of time you open the door and reach for soemthing on the shelf.
Saves time, and Money. Pantry concept in 2026. Put one in your house today.
 
If it's something I need in an hour, yea I have no problems paying $10 for it. That said, there's very rarely something that fits that situation.
 
If I do desperately need something that I'm looking at the one hour delivery option, I'm taking my fat piece of shit worthless self the two miles down the road to Wallyworld a getting it myself.
 
I use "Free" same day (in quotes as it's not realllly free lol) all the time and it often shows up in less than an hour anyways.
 
We do most of our shopping online with home delivery so it keeps me from beating someone senseless in a WalMart and if we forgot something in our order I could 100% seeing us using this option
 
I really like this. Amazon doesn't even add any extra padding and literally just ships stuff in the manufacturer's original packaging so the less time it's in the hands of Fedex/UPS/Amazon Delivery then the better. Plus it's nice not to have to wait.
 
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I've already had this. A lot of items are eligible for same-day delivery, which is usually within a couple hours.

It's definitely been nice, the few times I've needed it.
 
Will never use this as I usually get most of my items the next day even though it initially says 2 days.

More human suffering for those poor employees I guess 🙄
 
I can see using this occasionally when I need something ASAP. Likely that this won't be available on whatever I want though.
 
Remember when next day shipping used to be free and it actually delivered timely the next day without all the "oops?"

Remember when games would deliver a day or two before release day?

Remember when Prime did not have 12 commercials in a movie without paying extra?

Ahh, the good oles times.
 
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2h and same day delivery are included as part of prime locally. 1h delivery is $7-$10 depending on an order's value. Its been useful when I needed something in a pinch. It's utility is diminished by the presence of other apps that can bring the same types of stuff with lower fees.
 
Not a terrible idea for emergencies. If you need/want something that urgently and aren't able to get it yourself the fee is going to be worth it to you.
 
It's not a bad idea for emergencies where you really want a tool or part asap.

My guess is that they'll start slowing down the orders for people who are already receiving it this early.
 
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It's not a bad idea for emergencies where you really want a tool or part asap.

My guess is that they'll start slowing down the orders for people who are already receiving it this early.
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Hard to say. I think this is an attempt to land another blow to grocery stores and the few hardware/craft stores left but making an Amazon delivery as fast as going out and getting it yourself.
 
It really depends on the how fast or urgent I need it for the product - and most of the stuff that I buy - 99.9% of times, I don't need that urgent, and over 90% times, I don't even need next day delivery.

But since I do have prime membership, I end up using next day service, if they offer for free. But paid 1-3 hr delivery? Nope. Not likely. If it's included at $25 or over threshold - I may use it. Some products are offered same day delivery, which I already think is crazy fast and honestly I do not like how flimsy they pack those stuff either.

Honestly, if they can keep 1-2 day delivery, I am fine - but these days they keep missing like several days to a week for me starting from past couple of months. :( Fix that first and think 1-3 hrs delivery next!
 
How impatient are people?

Like, if it were a medical, life-saving emergency, then yes, bring the machine or whatever it is in one hour.

But biggy doo doo pants can wait at least a day before his LEGO Grogu turns up, surely.
 
I get overnight 4am delivery for "free" with a prime sub thats good enough for me

The only thing I'd use this for is new PC parts I need asap if something broke but Microcenter is just a 30 min drive away
 
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