I happened to find myself on the Amazon page for the Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack yesterday when I noticed that the bar at the top of the page looked a bit different. Rather than having a Two-Day 1-Click button and an Overnight 1-Click button, there were three buttons there.

amazon prime one-click saturday

How long has this Saturday 1-Click feature been around for Amazon Prime users, I wondered.

It's a smart idea, of course. There have been times when I wished I could get something in a hurry on a Saturday but didn't have that option.

Posted by jzawodn at January 05, 2007 11:29 AM

Reader Comments
# Vic Berggren said:

I noticed this type of thing appear just today on endless.com today which is amazons new shoe store.

on January 5, 2007 11:52 AM
# Ben said:

This has been around for at least 2 months. I ordered for Saturday delivery on the Friday right after Thanksgiving. Sure enough, I got it the very next day.

As far as I understand it, it is only available in select areas (I am in the SF Bay Area).

on January 5, 2007 12:03 PM
# Randy Stewart said:

I talked to a friend that works at Amazon about this. Apparently, this is largely to solve the Thursday-Monday dilemma. That is, if you order a package on Thursday through Prime, you get it on Monday, which is not ideal.

It looks like they extended the pricing to Friday as well. Very nice.

Randy

on January 5, 2007 12:05 PM
# jim said:

it's a great idea, except the saturday shipments are done via dhl, which are bunch of clowns.

my usually-wonderful experience with amazon shipping has taken a big turn for the worse, lately.

on January 5, 2007 12:32 PM
# Ola said:

Hmm, I have Amazon Prime but can't see it. I am DC so the select users Ben referred to kinda makes sense.

on January 5, 2007 01:24 PM
# Joost Schuur said:

I see that and think 'How can there be a faster option than 'overnight'?'.

Obviously, it's because their normal 'overnight' excludes certain days, but they're just advertising to people that 'overnight' isn't always overnight.

on January 5, 2007 04:25 PM
# ShoeMoney said:

JZ- I noticed the Saturday a few weeks back. It seems to be really hit and miss.

on January 5, 2007 08:28 PM
# Deb said:

LOL!!!! I had a cat named kitty! Had to put her to sleep after 15 years... awww.... Your pics are cool! Keep up the good work with them!

And LOL..... I typed NO to the Jeremy thing.... cool!

on January 6, 2007 02:30 AM
# Todd Colton said:

Overnight shipping is only $1.99 starting Wednesday night and most of Thursday so you can receive your order on Friday.

on January 6, 2007 08:55 AM
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