This weekend, I found that Amazon Prime isn't always able to deliver products in 2 days. However, it is not as much of an Amazon issue as it is an issue with its contracted carrier, UPS. This item was expected to be delivered to my place by Friday evening, and delivery was delayed by events while the package was in UPS custody - somewhere in New Jersey.
I'm not going to complain about this, as I don't need these trackers until I leave for Hawaii. But I may have encountered a flaw in the "last mile" of Amazon's package delivery system. Once a provider has a glitch in its' system, it can propagate to cause problems with other service/goods providers. If snow shuts down an airport, it fouls up transportation for any person needing to use that airport while the snow is on the ground. Both RQS and I wondered why the package was delayed when the package was in New Jersey. Unlike Upstate New York, the weather shouldn't have been a factor in the delivery's delay. Unfortunately, I doubt that we'll ever find out what caused the delay.
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