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inthewind21

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23. Private Carriers

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 29, 2022, 05:04 PM

Apr 2022

such as UPS and Fed-Ex (which is what Amazon uses other than their own drivers) don't deliver to PO Boxes, never have. Amazon began shipping to PO Boxes in 2022. And you can select right on your amazon page how you want your stuff shipped, in your case you'd need US mail. However, even that is going to be limited depending on exactly what is is you are wanting delivered. Because you can only fit so much in a PO box. So you're multiple problems in the past are simply because you were wanting something that wasn't offered.

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One Serious Disadvantage with Ordering from Amazon, vs. Local Shopping [View all] MineralMan Apr 2022 OP

I have ordered from Amazon once in the last 10 years bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #1

Well, we use it a lot. MineralMan Apr 2022 #3

I'm sure that's true, and it attests to my poor search skills, which eBay better than they Amazon bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #7

Private Carriers inthewind21 Apr 2022 #23

I buy a great deal from Amazon...I just got some gripper cloths for opening jars. I had Demsrule86 Apr 2022 #29

Sounds like the old couch most people have w/ a few sheets and blankets would do the trick, SWBTATTReg Apr 2022 #2

Yah, but everyone involved is at least in their 60s. MineralMan Apr 2022 #4

Furnitute from living spaces amd another furn store was delivered with lots of packaging Demovictory9 Apr 2022 #5

Yes. That's an option, for sure. MineralMan Apr 2022 #6

I mean it is weird that like millions of other people figure it out. CrackityJones75 Apr 2022 #8

Well, to be fair, he did figure it out. SalviaBlue Apr 2022 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author CrackityJones75 Apr 2022 #24

Oh ya know what I probably read the entire thing incorrectly CrackityJones75 Apr 2022 #25

Been there done that SalviaBlue Apr 2022 #30

What? Amazon's system, or assembly? Hekate Apr 2022 #20

I bought a blackstone grill recently.... locally. CrackityJones75 Apr 2022 #26

So familiar Fresh_Start Apr 2022 #9

Well, it was fine when I was in my 40s and 50s. MineralMan Apr 2022 #10

we are between those points.... Fresh_Start Apr 2022 #11

So . . . you've discovered IKEA. Sympthsical Apr 2022 #12

Yep. Cheap furniture comes broken down in boxes. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2022 #18

I took the garbage out the other day Sympthsical Apr 2022 #22

Well, we bought a waterbed piddyprints Apr 2022 #13

Some on-line ordering places--like Wayfair--offer the option to purchase assembly. mnhtnbb Apr 2022 #14

Yeah, I don't do "assembly" anymore. GoodRaisin Apr 2022 #15

Amazon is good when you dnn't have many brick-and-mortar choices. GoCubsGo Apr 2022 #16

Amazon has Home & Business Services in some cities Shermann Apr 2022 #17

You know who has excellent assembly instructions: Staples nuxvomica Apr 2022 #21

I live in a very small town blueinredohio Apr 2022 #27

I despise Amazon, but I buy from them all the time..... a kennedy Apr 2022 #28

You can pay for assembly on at least some of the items on Amazon's site. LisaL Apr 2022 #31

After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Apr 2022 #32