Amazon.com Introduces Same-Day Delivery

I wonder if they'll ever expand their international shipping options.<p>Currently, their shipping to Russia costs $35.98 minimum (International Priority Courier only) and they only ship new books (no used books, CD, DVD, etc.) That has been the fact for a long time, and provides means for existing for various middlemen (who also work with eBay and others). Seems like all the progress in quality of service of US companies is US-focused?

Much of the stuff we order on Amazon Prime comes within 24 hours regardless of the shipping option. It's pretty impressive to order something two-day at 3 PM and have it arrive the next morning. Amazon's operational prowess and relationships with their shippers continue to amaze.

I'm still waiting for same month delivery. Standard shipping takes 18-32 business days. How hard is it to ship all packages to the bigger European countries, and then use the national one-day postal service? Not enough volume?

Um. Amazon already do same-day deliveries in London and Birmingham in the UK. Have done for some time now.

Pretty pricey. I'm not sure how B&#38;N compares, but for one book the minimum shipping cost on Amazon would be $18.48.<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200105970" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2...</a>

I can't help but think that providing and advertising a specific service targeting only a handful of cities is going to give a good handle to all those state revenue boards trying to say they have a nexus within their jurisdiction for purposes of tax collection.

Ever since Barnes and Noble introduced this (in Manhattan) a few years back, I wondered when Amazon would follow suit. It's an awesome idea, and not a bad price for Prime members, but I wonder what percentage of available items are in each warehouse.

Didn't Webvan do this? :)