Amazon Shipment Delay until 2018 ?!?!
By Michelle
@infatuatedbby (95001)
United States
October 5, 2017 11:47pm CST
I received an email titled "Approval required for your Amazon.com order" and all I skimmed/selected was "I still want this item".
I failed to read the small details until I got on my laptop and noticed, the new delayed shipment date was for 2018! To be exact, Friday, February 23, 2018 - Friday, March 16, 2018.
You got to be kidding me, right?
I ordered a kids storage book rack on Amazon. The seller is a third party, but has 90%+ feedback history and I bought this storage rack with their promotion code on Amazon at check out + I had gift cards I accumulated from Crowdtap, so essentially I didn't pay much.
I immediately contacted Amazon and they looked into the problem. They apologized for the inconvenience and gave me the savings coupon I saved for that purchase to be applied to something else of my choice. That was crazy to see such a long delayed shipment and this just shows it's important to read carefully! 
I will be sure to double check, re-read in the future.
Have you ever had an order delayed until the following year? 
I will be sure to double check, re-read in the future.
Have you ever had an order delayed until the following year? 18 people like this
20 responses
@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
6 Oct 17
That sounds really unreasonable. Glad you were able to get things sorted. I have only just started to use Amazon because I had some gift cards and so fast so good although Iam waiting an incredible long time for a couple of cheap necklaces.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
6 Oct 17
I have Amazon Prime (on behalf of my sister who pays for it) so most items I purchase are speedy shipments. I get gift cards also and make some purchases for gifts.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
6 Oct 17
@Jackalyn If you have friends to share membership it'd be useful, but if not I think there is a certain minimum to get free shipping?
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
6 Oct 17
@infatuatedbby I have the trial, but am not sure I can afford 7,99 to keep it going.
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Oct 17
@infatuatedbby Lots of other deals will show up well before then anyway 
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
17 Oct 17
@much2say Most definitely :) Any good scores for you lately?
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
17 Oct 17
It was a great deal, but I don't really need it. It was going to be for my niece/nephew anyway. :P
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
6 Oct 17
I have not faced any such problem so far. It seems to be an inadvertent mistake by the seller.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
6 Oct 17
@infatuatedbby Did you delay your order at the first instance?
@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
6 Oct 17
@dpk262006 No, it was automatic. I suppose since this is the second time, there was a notice.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
6 Oct 17
The seller delayed originally. I purchased in August I believe, then postponed to September and now they delaying it even longer. I think they don't want to honor their sale price as the product is still available on Amazon.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Oct 17
No, not that I recall. I do remember buying a VHS movie on Ebay once. It took forever to get me. I finally checked and it was coming from the UK.
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
16 Oct 17
@infatuatedbby .......Takes forever.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
15 Oct 17
Oh wow! Yeah UK can take a long time or anything international because it has to pass customs.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
15 Oct 17
Oh that makes sense! It is strict for where you live.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
16 Oct 17
@LadyDuck I see, are there any restrictions for customs? Do they open up the item to ensure ?
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@LadyDuck (458107)
• Switzerland
15 Oct 17
@infatuatedbby It's because Amazon is not present in Switzerland, so we have to order from an European department, I order from Italy and France, but the items must pass the inspection of the custom.
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
8 Oct 17
My goodness, that's a long delay for shipment. I find it hard to believe it would take a 3rd party vendor five months to process an order. I could build a kids storage book rack by hand from scratch and drive it to you in less than half that time! lol
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
8 Oct 17
Exactly right? I doubt so too! I think they didn't want to honor the good deal I got it for! Haha
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
10 Oct 17
@moffittjc They probably don't want to look bad by rejecting or canceling on their behalf, so they rather postpone it , in hopes the buyer (me) will cancel!!
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Oct 17
@infatuatedbby Sounds about right! Some companies will do anything they can to get out of honoring deals that people try to cash in; hence why there is always fine print to read on those deals. Why can't companies just do the right thing? If it presents a financial hardship on them, then don't offer coupons and deals. It's as simple as that.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
6 Oct 17
No I had not and that is crazy.
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@carebear29 (31961)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
6 Oct 17
thats crazy. i couldnt wait that long
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@Letranknight2015 (51526)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
Why there was a delay? I didn't realize they can have some delays on the shipment.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
15 Oct 17
I have no clue. They did not provide a reason why theres a delay.
@IvySaysHi (4467)
• United States
6 Oct 17
no i havent had something be delayed to the next year but id definitely just cancel and get my money back
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
7 Oct 17
Glad you never had to deal with any delays! Hope you don't have to either!
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
15 Oct 17
I know right !! I think the seller didn't want to honor the price I purchased, but Amazon was nice to accommodate the discount to my account and cancel this because I sure am not waiting for 2018!
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
16 Oct 17
@DianneN Certainly. :) I love Amazon's customer service!
@DianneN (246834)
• United States
16 Oct 17
@infatuatedbby Amazon has been wonderful to you!!!
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
6 Oct 17
no. But I wanted to order a exercise dvd one time from Walmart, but it said it would sent in 2037 even though the dvd was has a release date of 2009.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
18 Oct 17
@JESSY3236 Yes, Amazon was so nice and as an inconvenience they gave me credit for the price I paid.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
15 Oct 17
Whoa! that must be a glitch right?
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@JESSY3236 (18923)
• United States
17 Oct 17
@infatuatedbby I think so too. But I didn't take a chance on it not being a typo. I did let the website know.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
6 Oct 17
wow I have never heard of such a thing. My son works for Amazon, he said he has never heard of that either. Crazy if you ask me.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
15 Oct 17
It's an item sold on Amazon but by the 3rd party. I suppose 3rd party as the ability to do whatever they please 
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Oct 17
@infatuatedbby that sure doesn't sound like good business practice, I would cancel that order, no way I would wait that long.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
15 Oct 17
Yeah, there was no reason, however I believe the seller didn't want to honor the sale price so instead of canceling and looking bad on their part, they want me to cancel.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
6 Oct 17
Thank goodness i have never encountered such a long delay before. I can with stand a week delay in delivery but not until next year.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
15 Oct 17
Same here, ridiculous time frame.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
6 Oct 17
I can't say I've ever had an order delayed THAT long. But I know my sister had to wait over six months for an item to ship because it was supposed to ship with something she had pre-ordered...I don't know why they couldn't have just shipped the items separately.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
6 Oct 17
Wow I have never heard of anyone being delayed that long or having a pre-order by Amazon. I'm glad she finally got the item after 6 months +. I don't know why they didn't ship separately either.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
6 Oct 17
They are waiting for the trees to grow so they can cut them down and make them into the furniture you want... that would probably be my dad's explanation. When we ordered a chicken dinner and it took a long time he would tell me they were out in the back chasing the chickens.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
6 Oct 17
Eek!
I think the book rack was not real wood, but whichever the case is I think seller wanted to keep delaying because it was a sale product.
@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
6 Oct 17
wasn't it wrongly typed date? It can't be delay until 2018, just way too long for an item.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
15 Oct 17
No, it was not. Originally it was an earlier date, then pushed and now extended. I believe the seller does not want to honor the sale price and wanted me to cancel the item.
