Not everyone will be catered to this service though as there are of course distance matters to take into consideration so if you live say, in San Francisco, sorry. 🙂
Areas covered by Amazon’s Local Express Delivery include Seattle, New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, Baltimore and Las Vegas.
Cut-off time for their packages to be delivered on the same day varies per area. Shoppers living in Seattle can place their orders as late as 1:00 pm. Those who live in Las Vegas have to place their orders by 11:00 am. Citizens of Boston, Washington DC and Baltimore will have to have their orders placed by [10:30] and the remaining NY and Philadelphia will have to place their orders by 10:00 am.
Amazon plans to extend the service and may include Phoenix, Indianapolis and Chicago soon.
The Local Express Delivery from Amazon will not however, ship on weekends. Sorry shopaholics. 😉
Source: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/173777/amazon_rolls_out_sameday_shipping.html