Amazon Shipping Workaround

Baa on 16/08/2024 - 12:35

As some of you may be aware there was a workaround when you live just outside the delivery area for heavy items from Amazon - for me being both baby wipes and pepsi max.

The workaround was:

  • Set address to somewhere inside metro
  • Proceed to ordering screen
  • Change address to actual address before confirming order

This has worked for me for awhile, with the main upkeep being to replace the order when they periodically cancel it.

It seems this loophole has now been closed, has anybody had success working around it?

For reference I live maybe 5km outside of the accepted area, and have no issues to date with heavy items being delivered to my home.

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  • jv on 16/08/2024 - 12:45
    +5

    has anybody had success working around it?

    Move house?

  • Save 50 Cent on 16/08/2024 - 12:48

    Parcel locker but probably won't work for super bulky items.

  • Caped Baldy on 16/08/2024 - 13:46
    +2

    Is parcelpoint an option for you?

  • JimB on 16/08/2024 - 16:30
    +2

    I can see another post from the OP shortly.

    "Amazon cancelled my account and I don't know why. I can't log into my account to send a message."

  • Guybrush57 on 16/08/2024 - 18:09
    +2

    Why are people crucifying OP for using his Prime membership he paid for?

    • Nousernamehere on 17/08/2024 - 16:45
      +1

      Guess due to it not impacting them (yet). Plus how dare by one outside of a metro area use a service that we’ve paid for!

      You can very much believe this is the start for Amazon to begin to restrict any area that’s outside of their own delivery network.

      It’s the lack of transparency and communication from Amazon which annoys me the most with this.

      The inconsistency is strange as well, I could order chicken Twisties delivered to my house without issue, but couldn’t with the cheese Twisties? Figure that out.

    • boomramada on 17/08/2024 - 18:23

      First OP aware of the issue and taking advantage with a loophole.

      And you can't just pay the membership fee and ignore the terms of use, there are tons of restrictions there.

  • Baa on 17/08/2024 - 01:00
    +1

    My original S&S was active for almost years for the exact same 2 products - neither will deliver to Aus Post parcel lockers or Amazon hubs.

    I was just hoping some other person had found a new way to make it work, but looks like I will be including these things back in my weekly shop.

    • Jase1 on 04/09/2024 - 12:20
      +1

      Same here, unable to get many products I once used to at price matching with S&S.

  • LongJohn92 on 17/08/2024 - 11:03
    +3

    I'm in the same boat. We're now no longer able to S&S nappies and wipes, plus a lot of other things to our area. The nappies were way cheaper than anywhere else. And we were getting good value out of our prime subscription. Now there's really no point in paying for prime.

    • Guybrush57 on 17/08/2024 - 12:38
      +1

      You still get the benefit of ad-infested prime video.

  • ItsJENmofo on 17/08/2024 - 21:40
    +1

    I have just cancelled my prime because of this issue and suggest others do the same. I used the chat to request a refund as i just renewed my yearly sub right before they blocked the "workaround". The fact they removed benefits of the membership without any warning or explanation was the deciding factor for me.
    Almost anything sold by amazon that i can still purchase, pretty much ships once and then is no longer available for me to purchase again.

  • skooter on 19/08/2024 - 15:51
    +2

    it's ridiculous really. i can understand if they want to block bulky/heavy items, but it's books, toothbrush heads, cleaning products and other general household stuff.

    spent an hour on chat with them yesterday and all they kept saying was for me to try another address… yeah, righto.

    • Guybrush57 on 19/08/2024 - 17:37

      Try another address? What an awful solution. So far ai haven't been had my address blocked but I have noticed shipping now takes 7 days.

  • bohn on 27/08/2024 - 17:53
    +4

    really annoying

    chatted to amazon and they said 'I suggest you get it sent to another address that you have access to' .. uh, I want it delivered to my house.

    Can't order things like quilton toilet paper, dynamo washing detergent, cat litter, viva paper towels among others.

    People outside metro areas being shafted. I also hate how they make it look like the item is just unavailable - only when you change the address do you see that it can actually be added to the cart.

    • Baa on 29/08/2024 - 00:32
      +1

      It makes prime not worthwhile anymore, while I am on the outskirts of the metro I am still very much metro.

      I have had the same huggies wipes S&S active since my 3 year old was born and now suddenly it no longer qualifies.

  • marko62 on 28/08/2024 - 05:36

    Last week i tried to buy a paper shredder only to be told it couldn't be delivered to my address. So i saved it for later and went back every day and tried again. Last night it let me purchase the shredder.

    Now i have to wait and see if they cancel the order.

  • bohn on 12/09/2024 - 15:45
    +2

    Just tried to order a Yoga mat. It too cannot be delivered to my regional address…. ffs.

  • sizzly348 on 14/09/2024 - 18:29

    yep same here, think I might cancel my Prime at the end of the year because of this.

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