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Depending on the closest Prime warehouse, you can get 1-day shipping. We're lucky and many times we do. So waiting 2 days feels like a long time. Recently I ordered something that took about 4 days to ship and another 4 to receive. 7 - 8 days used to seem pretty normal. Amazon and next day have really changed the way we shop. I was a marketing major in college and I find it interesting how it makes impulse purchases easier. Free returns also gets us to buy stuff when we might hesitate if we had to actually go to a store.
When we lived in Italy, I got several parts for my Honda Stream from Amazon.it. Previously I used RockAuto but their international business wasn't sustainable so they trimmed it down to just North America. I learned that I could check several EU websites for the Honda P/N (since my Stream was Euro-spec), then find the matching P/N on RockAuto. For example I found the rear brakes on my Stream matched an S2000 but the front matched a Civic. Then if RockAuto sold the part I'd buy from them. If not, Amazon.it would sometimes have it for next-day delivery.
When we lived in Italy, I got several parts for my Honda Stream from Amazon.it. Previously I used RockAuto but their international business wasn't sustainable so they trimmed it down to just North America. I learned that I could check several EU websites for the Honda P/N (since my Stream was Euro-spec), then find the matching P/N on RockAuto. For example I found the rear brakes on my Stream matched an S2000 but the front matched a Civic. Then if RockAuto sold the part I'd buy from them. If not, Amazon.it would sometimes have it for next-day delivery.
