So we live rural (6 hrs west of Rockhampton) and Amazon has been out source for bottled water/soft drink etc. Our nearest Woolworths is a four hour return drive.
Overnight, Amazon cancelled all of our subscriptions for these heavy items, and now doesn't offer them to us, except for third-party sellers with expensive shipping.
Has anybody else experienced the same thing?
Are there any alternatives?
I wonder how the elevation is like on the block compared to the neighbours.
Im surprised amazon even bothered to start with. Shipping would have been an absoloute bomb
Not much out that way past Emerald.
It is very costly to shift bulk goods, as you know, so it was a spell of good fortune Amazon did so at all!
I haven't looked at the coverage of the other free ship offers, like one pass and kogan, but if they aren't already excluding you, I bet it won't take long.
Good thing while it lasted. You should thank Bezos if you ever bump into him.
Guess you could call this a snubscription
Blame this guy, they finally figured out losing money endlessly on a customer is a bad business model - https://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/comments/3ukw30/how_i_ruined…
try woolworths online delivery with delivery unlimited plan. you can get a 1 month free trial
This. Should be the next best thing if they allow it.
It is very strange that post things that cost a few dollars and bulky items at no cost. They could combine some of these orders to save on shipping but don't.
Try family or friends who might be a short drive away who could be eligible and go once a week to pickup your stuff.
Sometimes for me, regional shipping is extra and not free but for my sister who is 30 mins away, it is free for her, so I get it shipped to her and go and pick it up. Its cheaper and easier than going to a store or having to pay a lot extra for shipping.
So we live rural (6 hrs west of Rockhampton)
Our nearest Woolworths is a four hour return drive.Overnight, Amazon cancelled all of our subscriptions for these heavy items, and now doesn't offer them to us
and yet somehow you are surprised by this?
There’s certain things that Amazon says they won’t deliver to my place. If you set your address to a family/friend’s place in a metro area when you add it to cart, then update your delivery address when checking out it generally works.
There are exceptions of course, I can’t figure out a way to directly get around being in a ‘dry zone’ for alcohol delivery (even though there’s 12 bottle shops here, go figure..) apart from using the redirection ability with Auspost 👍🏻
In the same boat as you OP. Happiness has decreased.
You don't have large raintanks?
With all the rain you've had this year you should be set for years?
So what arrangements did you have before Amazon exists in Australia (it has not been that long)?
@Jimothy Wongingtons - we found the owner of property Z