I ordered this gas tank https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C7W1WQ/ref=pe_386300_440135490_TE_item on Monday and invoice says, Carrier will contact you to schedule a delivery time, but tracking says it hasn't even been shipped yet. What does that mean? They show 2 more in stock so they didn't run out.
What does Amazon "Delivery appointment pending" mean?
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It may mean it is being shipped by a freight service. Once I bought some brake and fuel likes for my BMW and they were shipped by Fedex freight because the package dimensions were too large for regular Fedex. They did the same thing, calling to arrange delivery.
Its coming via freight service - not UPS, FedEx, USPS, or regular Amazon parcel delivery. Think Estes/Old Dominion/Yellow (YRC)/Saia/ABF/Fedex Freight etc...
They will call you/email you to let you know its arrived at the local distribution center and what day they plan to deliver, which you can change.
They will call you/email you to let you know its arrived at the local distribution center and what day they plan to deliver, which you can change.
Ok but why isn't that posted to the tracking? Don't freight services have that too?
Freight services do offer tracking. However, if it has not even shipped yet, there may not be a tracking number assigned yet...
The actual meaning is "don't hold your breath waiting for delivery"
Also depending on the company, their tracking is massively behind. I have had freight companies call to tell me they are about to deliver something that was already delivered weeks prior.
This isn't so much about delivery as why it hasn't even been shipped.
That's just giving you a heads-up
It means.... it hasn't shipped yet. They aren't using their sprinter-type delivery vehicles for this. As others have said, it's going to ship with a trucking company. Someone at an Amazon warehouse probably has to put this on a pallet and strapped in place and once ready, then they'll call the trucking company. They'll probably show up the following day.
Ask Amazon then. How could anyone here possibly know ?
From previous experience? And I did ask Amazon. Said I will get a message when it's going to be delivered and if I want to cancel. Not much information.
How can they ship it when they haven't arranged delivery yet?
Surely you have gotten a freight delivery before.
I think it was 30 years ago when I bought my tow dolley. I would think a company like Amazon has dozens of freight trucks leaving their warehouse every day.
Also very correct! Folks who work regularly with a variety of freight companies know this all too well.
For the OP, I'd just expect a phone call one day...
I'm sure they do. They sell TVs, tires, and scores of other oversized items.
I'm sure they also contract out freight to 100s of companies nationwide.
We service a whole bunch of their vans. They are not owned by Amazon, but by a separate operator company that Amazon contracts with. This relieves Amazon of a bunch of liability
The drivers who bring our packages aren't Amazon employees either. They're employed by the same company that owns the delivery vehicles.
11 days after ordering and still not showing as shipped so I cancelled. Funny how on their webpage it went from 3 to 4 as being available. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C7W1WQ/ref=pe_386300_440135490_TE_item Just ordered one from Autozone and with 20% off promo, will be even cheaper. And arrives tomorrow, so it says. Don't know how I ever missed that before.
Arrived this morning. Looks good.
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