If it wasn’t real for you yet

JohnInCarolina

Whoooooo boy

camofreak

I heard about that today. Wow. That is serious. I want to place an order with Quadratec tomorrow for some jeep parts. I figure if I’m trying to stay home I could play with the Jeep some. 

GrateEggspectations

Wow.

Botch

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frazzdaddy

Tried to make an order on Ebay all day. Server down error message.

alaskanassasin

@frazzdaddy oooo dryer not working I was going to diagnose and order parts via eBay tomorrow....

alaskanassasin

I thought we would be good with eBay because everyone ships their crap whereas I figured amazon would go down with their warehouse model

HeavyG

They will still be shipping other stuff people order. They will just be prioritizing orders of medical stuff. So the ordinary things folks order may take a few days  rather than one or two to arrive.

From the Amazon site:

"While Amazon will continue taking orders and shipping items from across our store, customers ordering items they don’t need immediately have the opportunity to help others by choosing No-Rush Shipping. Selecting the No-Rush option enables us to consolidate orders and make fewer stops in neighborhoods throughout the week, and most importantly, serve customers with the most critical needs first. March 17, 2020."

WeberWho

I was able to get some motorcycle gaskets ordered on Ebay this afternoon.

JohnInCarolina

HeavyG said:

They will still be shipping other stuff people order. They will just be prioritizing orders of medical stuff. So the ordinary things folks order may take a few days  rather than one or two to arrive.

From the Amazon site:

"While Amazon will continue taking orders and shipping items from across our store, customers ordering items they don’t need immediately have the opportunity to help others by choosing No-Rush Shipping. Selecting the No-Rush option enables us to consolidate orders and make fewer stops in neighborhoods throughout the week, and most importantly, serve customers with the most critical needs first. March 17, 2020."

Yep, important clarification.  Thank you.

frazzdaddy

I'll try again in a minute. Need some boat parts . Rebuilding the out drive this weekend.

thetrim

I just ordered a book today.

thetrim

Any word if @rrp will still be shipping gaskets?

JohnInCarolina

thetrim said:

I just ordered a book today.

I didn't realize that's how Hustler magazine was classified these days.  

alaskanassasin

frazzdaddy said:

I'll try again in a minute. Need some boat parts . Rebuilding the out drive this weekend.

Send me your PayPal information I’ll see if it works on my end ;-)

Botch

HeavyG said:

They will still be shipping other stuff people order. They will just be prioritizing orders of medical stuff. So the ordinary things folks order may take a few days  rather than one or two to arrive.

That's been the case, for me, ever since I signed up for Prime.  

Lit

Botch said:

HeavyG said:

They will still be shipping other stuff people order. They will just be prioritizing orders of medical stuff. So the ordinary things folks order may take a few days  rather than one or two to arrive.

That's been the case, for me, ever since I signed up for Prime.  

Prime knows you are retired and can wait for it. You had the day before off should ha e ordered then 😄

Botch

Lit said:

Botch said:

HeavyG said:

They will still be shipping other stuff people order. They will just be prioritizing orders of medical stuff. So the ordinary things folks order may take a few days  rather than one or two to arrive.

That's been the case, for me, ever since I signed up for Prime.  

Prime knows you are retired and can wait for it. You had the day before off should ha e ordered then 😄

My statement stands for the 4, 5 years I've had prime.  I've been retired for less than two months.
But, hey, thanks for playing!  

KiterTodd

Botch said:

That's been the case, for me, ever since I signed up for Prime.  

Yeah, Prime used to always mean you got it in 2 days.  Now it means "not a week".  Its stupid the things that come up as "prime" but then when you look at the delivery date...   not so much.   And that was before the beer virus...

Eoin

I ordered up stuff I need for my green lane bike from Huskysport this week.  Same as @camofreak and @frazzdaddy, might as well do something useful if 'working' at home. Also ordered some lump.

We now have our 24 year old working from home, our 21 year old back from college early and not knowing if he is returning / going to be able to sit his finals and our eldest coming home tomorrow - she might as well work from our home in the country rather than from her flat in London.  Her BF is a teacher, he expects to be closed down at the end of this week and might come up to stay with us as well - his mother has health issues, so he is reluctant to go back and stay with his family having been in contact with snotty kids for the past few weeks. Organising the house so that the 'working at home' can take place without everyone annoying everyone else.

speed51133

Food Staples are prioritized. I just ordered cereal, animal crackers, juice boxes, oatmeal, breakfast bars and they all arrive in two days. If you live by a whole foods, items deliver same day through prime, as long as it's in stock. At least in my area. I've heard southern cali is much worse. 

ColbyLang

I’ve got a 2 weeks supply of protein in the freezer and rice/beans/canned goods. Own a bakery so bread isn’t an issue. Ordered 4 bags of lump delivering today. Also have 4 gallons of organic milk and 4 dozen eggs. My 5 year old and 3 year old will have plenty to eat. We good on this end. Kansas cancels school for the remainder of the school year K-12, hope this isn’t a trend.....

alaskanassasin

Diagnosed dryer. Needs a thermal cutoff fuse.  kit comes with that and a high limit thermostat.  Sears.com $42.00 Ebay.com $6.50 free shipping.  Cmon Sears! Really?

frazzdaddy

alaskanassasin said:

Diagnosed dryer. Needs a thermal cutoff fuse.  kit comes with that and a high limit thermostat.  Sears.com $42.00 Ebay.com $6.50 free shipping.  Cmon Sears! Really?

Finally got ebay to work for me this am. Not sure what the hang up was. 

YukonRon

Amazon announced the hiring process of 100,000 temps to help alleviate the back ups and continue service as needed.

Foghorn

YukonRon said:

Amazon announced the hiring process of 100,000 temps to help alleviate the back ups and continue service as needed.

Hopefully, they'll crowd them all into the same location all bunched tightly together.

speed51133

Amazon also announced two weeks paid sick leave if you get sick during employment there.
I went to target just now to refill prescriptions. I was amazed how busy it was. Social distancing was non-existent. Food wasn't out of stock except for bread (VERY low stock) and TP was wiped clean .  I picked up milk, oatmeal, frozen burgers, frozen chicken. I saw ONE guy walking in with a mask and surgical gloves.

How extreme do you take disinfecting? Do you throw all your clothing /jacket/hat into the laundry asap? Disinfect shoes? What about the packaging for the food? WHo knows who handled it. Fruit is probably touched by countless people to check ripeness. What about mail? Do you spray all mail articles? I mean where do you draw the line??

Gulfcoastguy

I have my own Lysol wipes. I just took a single wipe and wiped down the handle of my grocery buggy. I kept it in the cart and used it to open the door on the freezer section. 

I plan to roast the apples that I bought in the Egg. That ought to take care of germs.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

HeavyG said:

They will still be shipping other stuff people order. They will just be prioritizing orders of medical stuff. So the ordinary things folks order may take a few days  rather than one or two to arrive.

From the Amazon site:

"While Amazon will continue taking orders and shipping items from across our store, customers ordering items they don’t need immediately have the opportunity to help others by choosing No-Rush Shipping. Selecting the No-Rush option enables us to consolidate orders and make fewer stops in neighborhoods throughout the week, and most importantly, serve customers with the most critical needs first. March 17, 2020."

They will ship you what they have in stock today but they are not taking in anymore non-essential goods until further notice. We have about $10mm planned through Amazon warehouse this year so that is going to leave a mark. We are able to drop ship all of those items so we may be able to make some of that up. I guess we will have to wait and see but like Tom Petty said: "the waiting is the hardest part". We are about to enter an unprecedented disruption in retail that will rival the disruption to the hospitality industry.  Macy's closed all doors today until further notice- after Nike, Under Armour, Urban Outfitters and many others earlier this week. There will be many more, if not all non-essential stores at some point. We had a large customer cancel all future orders like 5 minutes ago due to "uncertainty" of if they will remain open or not.

Choppy waters ahead, my friends. Stay grounded and try to keep your focus on the things that really matter (that was for me).

ColbyLang

90 tests sent to lab yesterday in my town of 125,000. 2 positives already back. Cue the fear/panic in 3,2,1....

GATraveller

ColbyLang said:

90 tests sent to lab yesterday in my town of 125,000. 2 positives already back. Cue the fear/panic in 3,2,1....

@ColbyLang Please give your location....