| It happened here in the US too. I used to get books on the day they were released or a day or two after. I also used to receive in-stock books within 2-3 days of ordering them. I even have a distribution warehouse for Amazon in my state! It's only a few hours away from the city I live in.
But, for the past few years...5-8 days at least (even with 3-5 day shipping), and you can forget getting anything early.
I noticed that it all started with their subscription based shipping program. You pay something like $75 a year and they give you priority shipping. Yeah, screw that.
Their customer service has really gone down hill in my experience too. Any time I've had to contact them about an item that hasn't shipped even though its in stock, or an item taking twice as long to ship as I paid for, I don't even get apologies. They do take their time to point out the special $75 a year shipping program however.
So from now on, I'll do my shopping with other online retailers. I vote with my wallet! | 
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