To ask if amazon delivery is really taking until Fri 1 May?

[Cheeseismylife]

Can anyone tell me if items ordered from Amazon are actually all going to be delivered on Friday 1 May as it seems to suggest, or if that's the latest possible date for delivery?
I've just ordered some learning aids for my boy because he's struggling without the ones he normally has at school, and realised after paying that it says delivery Fri 1 May. So if it really will take that long then I need to cancel and try to order from somewhere else.

I ordered a few things back end of last week and they came within a few days. I did notice this morning most items said 1/5th tbough.

Isn't it because everything has been sold and that's when they'll have more stock?

If that’s the date it says then that’s roughly the date it will be delivered. Cancel the order and find somewhere else that sells it with an earlier delivery date. Amazon are definitely still getting orders out quickly - something arrived today that I’d ordered yesterday. It just depends what it is though, it always confirms the date before you click buy.

The things I ordered say that they are in stock. But looking around the site almost every thing that isn't food or cleaning products is listed 1 May

Some items are taking much longer than usual as a result of the crisis - though I haven’t seen much taking a whole month. Some items are shipped from China etc and these have always taken weeks to arrive - could that be the case here? I normally find items shipped from China arrive before the advertised date but do take a while.

Ordered an item on Tuesday I have an estimated delivery date of 17th April

I've taken the liberty of googling this for you.

www.amazon.co.uk/b?node=21238547031&tag=mumsnetforu03-21

I ordered stuff at the weekend that said delivery 26.04 and they are coming today

I’ve just ordered this which it says will come on Wednesday. So longer than normal as it’s not a priority product but still only a few days

Some items that you would normally expect next day say 11th May.

I think it depends if it’s in stock; I ordered some baby bottles 2 days ago and they came today

I’ve ordered a few bits that said end April or may but they all came within a few day.
Ordered a board game that said 20th may. It’s now changed to say Saturday.

We ordered printer ink and it came the next day.

They are prioritising essential stuff so stuff they deem non-essential often has a much longer delivery time at the moment, whether it is in stock or not.

'As the Coronavirus has spread, we’ve seen an increase in people shopping online. To serve you while also helping to ensure the safety of our employees, we have prioritized stocking and delivering items that are a higher priority for our customers. These are items such as food, health and personal care products and items needed to work from home. As a result, estimated delivery times for some items may be longer than usual at the moment. You can find updated delivery times on the product detail page.'

"Non essential" items are taking longer to be delivered as Amazon are prioritising "essential" items.

I ordered some bits for my DS from Amazon 2 days ago with an expected delivery date of Apr 28th. However they have just turned up this morning, so I don't think things are taking as long as advertised.

Amazon have de-prioritised some items so that their staff can focus on essentials- if you need it sooner you’ll need to cancel your order and look for it somewhere else.

From the amazon website, covid-19 response page

1. Are delivery times affected?

As the Coronavirus has spread, we’ve seen an increase in people shopping online. To serve you while also helping to ensure the safety of our employees, we have prioritized stocking and delivering items that are a higher priority for our customers. These are items such as food, health and personal care products and items needed to work from home. As a result, estimated delivery times for some items may be longer than usual at the moment. You can find updated delivery times on the product detail page.

They have a statement on there saying food/medical stuff will take priority but deliveries will be made as soon as possible.

If it was for me I’d just order it, but I ordered a birthday present this morning & did it elsewhere as I’d like be more sure if it arriving in time.

As of March 17th, they stopped non-essential deliveries in the UK & US. It's prioritising baby products, health and household, beauty and personal, groceries, scientific and industrial and pet supplies.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/17/amazon-to-suspend-all-non-essential-shipments-in-uk-and-us-until-april

Many posters beat me to it!

Depends what it is - I just ordered some stuff today that will come mid-next week but it took a lot of raking between the stuff to find those rather than ones showing a May delivery date.

Lot more stuff getting lost in transit at the moment as well though - I’ve had to apply for a couple of refunds or “errr where’s my stuff” recently.

I ordered a few items that said delivery wouldn't be until May but it had actually all arrived within 1 week.

They haven't taken the money out of my account yet for an item I ordered on Tuesday, but I have a delivery date. I ordered a Kindle

Thanks all - I had read the amazon page about extended delivery times but the product page says 'by Friday 1 May.
I was trying to get a sense of whether they would actually take a month to deliver or if it may turn up faster. Every version of the product has a delivery day of by May 1 so I'd have to find one elsewhere if I cancel.

This week I have ordered guitar strings and oilatum all arrived within two days