Quite right, Erin. I am also a frequent user of Amazon and in the past year, the time between order confirmation and shipping has become pretty ridiculous. A few weeks ago, my in-stock and shipped-by-Amazon order did not leave the warehouse before 8 days had passed.

If you look on the Amazon bulletin boards, you'll see that this is bothering a lot of previously loyal customers.

It's almost as if they're resting on their collective laurels as the biggest and taking customer loyalty for granted.

I've found several .coms that will match the Amazon price when asked. The catch is the shipping.

Kell, exactly! The 2-day shipping is just a gimmick, I've used it and it is only USPS Priority, same as a regular ship without the colored tape/printing.