It's not expediting , it's mostly competition for FedEx Ground . I've read numerous complaints about poor delivery service by Amazon.com when using DHL . The forum at Amazon is here . http://tinyurl.com/2qoklw . I recently found a DHL envelope containing a check in the shrubs by my porch . If you check out DHL's website you will see they have gone the route FedEx Ground intends to go . They contract areas to small fleet owners . Drivers are not trained by or employed by DHL . The few people that have e-mailed Amazon.com suggesting using another carrier other than DHL have gotten replies stating that Amazon will continue to use DHL . If you would e-mail Amazon and request others to do the same making comments on their attitude to use a carrier despite ongoing customer complaints they might reconsider after receiving a few thousand e-mails .