Amazon shipping

I buy a fair amount of 'stuff' from Amazon and have always been happy with their service. Lately (past year or so) I've started to hate their 'free shipping' promotion. Sure, I do not have pay blah, blah amount to get my stuff if my order is over $25, but do they like to hold onto your merchanise forever?

For example, I placed an Amazon order on the 21st of April and it is still NOT shipped...I mean how hard is it to put three books and a cd into a box and slap a lable on it. I know Amazon want people to pay for their Amazon Prime servcie...this still stinks!

On the other hand I purchased a new HD TV from bugdig.com on a recent Saturday and it arrived on the following Thursday! That is service!