My dad told me something interesting today.

Yes I remember. We would get a catalog and in the catalog there would be a form to fill out with what you want to order. You calculate the total using the form and mail a check with the form or sometimes they had a section to enter credit card information. Then a month later or more you would receive what you ordered.

Amazon seems to be taking longer to get stuff to you than they used to.

Catalog shopping in the past took much longer.

Ordering from catalogs could take a long time for delivery. The longest waits I remember were when I ordered something from an ad in a magazine, like "Boys Life." It took forever for those worthless items to arrive.

Yes. That doesn't seem like all that long ago. Today's youth would have had a hard time with that with their expectation of instant gratification.

I don't remember that, but I remember ordering from catalogs, filling out a form and writing your card number on it. Had to mail that out and wait. Hopefully they got it. It took 2-4 weeks. That was 90's.

Don’t doubt it but don’t really remember it. Except for furniture delivery, that could take a while.

There’s a whole lot we take for granted these days, like speed in getting our orders!

Yes i remember for over seas shipments even now you can buy on like from china with a wait of 1 to 2 weeks but prace is cheaper than same product on amazon or e bay

Damn ... no wonder stores are going out of business

I remember that

Ok

Back in the '90s, it was still 6 to 8 weeks. And we waited. Every day, I would check the mailbox.

I'm so glad we live in a day when overnight and even same day delivery are things. But I'm afraid we don't appreciate our delivery people nearly enough.

I remember some books I ordered in the 80's through Scholastic took about that long back in the day.