This is likely true, but for a less nefarious reasons. It&#x27;s very unlikely they received your order and were sitting around twirling their thumbs until the last possible moment.<p>Instead Amazon has algos that know exactly when they need to get an item in the mail to make it before the deadline. Every time an order comes in, the pickers list is updated.<p>Meaning that every time a customers order comes in with a tighter deadline, their order will be picked prior to yours, until you deadline is sufficiently close (or there is a lack of more pressing orders) for your items to make it to the top of the list.