Amazon UK - slow?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 31 Oct 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Macavity	31 Oct 2002
I recently received two items (one tarot book and one tarot deck) from Amazon UK, quoted as 1-2 day delivery, almost instantly - Hurrah! :) But I have two decks on order quoted as "1-2 weeks" delivery and sadly after the canonical two weeks, I am informed they will now be ANOTHER 1-2 weeks :( I'm a patient guy and not looking to start an Amazon-UK flame fest, but is this experience typical? Maybe decks have to come all the way from US games? Maybe the Christmas rush? Should I live in HOPE or start to think of another supplier? Fwiw, which ARE known good UK suppliers? :D Mac

wavebreaker	31 Oct 2002
My experiences with Amazon UK are very good. Even though I'm in the Netherlands, I always receive my orders within 5 days, unless of course there's a longer delivery time for the item I've ordered. So maybe this is just an exception??

Original Destiny	31 Oct 2002
:TFOOL ...I have never had any probs with Amazon Uk or .com I have ordered second hand books from America and Canada through them and have had good service..

Macavity	31 Oct 2002
Well, thank you BOTH indeed for the comments. I could be just unlucky - or maybe they have a lot of orders for Universal Waites and Old English Tarot decks at the moment? Perhaps a predictive reading is indicated? ;) Anyway, I'm encouraged to wait patiently for a bit longer... :) Thanks Again, Mac.

fairyhedgehog	01 Nov 2002
amazon.co.uk are very fast for books, but I have had long waits for tarot cards. I have only ever used witchesmoon.co.uk for tarot cards other than amazon, and they were friendly and fast but not cheap. Addall.com (I think it is) will let you compare the price of decks at bookshops. Or I type tarot decks uk or similar into Google and see what comes up. When I can get back onto my own pc, I'll see if I can find some sites, but I won't have actually ordered from them.

Emily	03 Nov 2002
I'd always had good service from Amazon UK with the exception of one order - that was for the Universal Rider Waite. I ordered this deck sometime in the beginning of the year, it was a 1 to 2 week wait also, after about a month I started to get worried, so I checked the site and found the deck to be out of stock. All in all I waited, I think, about 5 or 6 months before I finally cancelled and because I had paid for the order by cheque, they had to refund it back to me. I still order off Amazon but if a deck goes out of stock I cancel. Just keep an eye on the order page and if it does seem like they are having problems getting your deck, you'll have to decide whether to wait or cancel it. WHSmith Online are terrible for sending deliveries, they say 24 hours and it usually turns into a week. Edited to say: I also order off the R Somerville playing card site and their sevice is good :) They also have a good selection of tarot cards and books.

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