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Amazon Prime Now Service Extended In The UK

Apr. 18, 2016 6:50 AM ETAMZN
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Amazon Prime Now Service Extended In The UK

According to the recent news, Amazon has expanded its Prime Now service into eight new cities of the United Kingdom.

When it comes to delivering packages to the customers, Amazon Inc. believes in making the process as fast as it can. One or two day delivery processes are not good enough for the US retail giant hence for that matter it created a one hour and two hour delivery programs in selected cities and areas of selected countries. The Prime Now service delivers packages at customer's doorsteps within an hour or so. In recent times, the company is working to make its Prime Now service available in the major cities of the United Kingdom.

At this moment, the one hour delivery service is available to the customers living in Birmingham, Liverpool, London, Manchester, and Newcastle. However this is not it from Amazon. The online retailer has decided to expand its services in one of the most populated territories in the south east of UK; Surrey. It is believed that the customers living in Aldershot, Camberley, and Lightware will have the option to avail the one hour delivery service at a price of £6.99. The customers can further wait for an hour more in order to receive their order for free.

Apart from the one hour delivery service, Amazon will also offer its customers with a two hour delivery programs in the surrounding areas. The company is known for doing this with any regional launch. Amazon customers who are located in selected areas and postcodes of Berkshire and Hampshire will be have the option to order from 15,000 products list along with receiving their orders within the two hour slot starting from 8 a.m. to midnight. Amazon will keep on delivering packages throughout the week.

According to the director of Amazon Prime Now service in the United Kingdom, Jason Weston, said in a statement "Prime Now is our fastest delivery option ever and from today Prime customers in Surrey can get the items they need quickly delivered right to the door in under an hour. Whether it's essentials like fresh milk or nappies, or even a last minute gift, customers love the convenience of delivery straight to their door in less than sixty minutes."

Prime Now first entered the United Kingdom through London last year and since then it has rapidly made its way in major cities of the UK. The company still boasts about its fastest Prime Now deliveries to date when it managed to ship the new Call of Duty: Black Ops III to its customers within the next 15 minutes or the order. One of the orders was said to be placed at 10:06 a.m. and the customer received the game at 10:21 a.m. without any hassles.

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