Quoted from jawjaw:

You do have to be careful what you buy off Amazon. A lot of items are actually sold by other sellers and who knows how long it will take to ship or if the product has an accurate description. Only real issue I can recall was getting a package in my name that I did not order. Strange thing was that it was delivered by a street clothed woman in a Jeep. Thought that was very odd but later learned Amazon uses people like that for deliveries.
Most of the time, I only buy something if it is prime. Sometimes it takes more than a few days but often it is within a day. On some things I can get it elsewhere for a little cheaper but Amazon is just so convenient. They really got their business figured out. Scary how big they are getting.