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Move over UPS truck: Amazon delivery vans to hit the street
SW Iowa News Source ^ | June 27, 2018 | Joseph Pisani, The Associated Press

Posted on 06/30/2018 12:03:41 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

SEATTLE (AP) — Your Amazon packages, which usually show up in a UPS truck, an unmarked vehicle or in the hands of a mail carrier, may soon be delivered from an Amazon van.

The online retailer, wanting more control over how its packages are delivered, is rolling out a program Thursday that lets entrepreneurs around the country launch businesses that deliver Amazon packages. They'll be able to lease blue vans with the Amazon logo stamped on it, buy Amazon uniforms for drivers and get support from Amazon to grow their business. In return, Amazon gets more ways to ship its packages to shoppers without having to rely on UPS, FedEx and other package delivery services....

(Excerpt) Read more at swiowanewssource.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: amazon; jobs
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1 posted on 06/30/2018 12:03:41 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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2 posted on 06/30/2018 12:08:50 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Where are the fast delivery to our door drones Amazon was raving about? Nata.


3 posted on 06/30/2018 12:09:45 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am not sure what to make of this.

When I started reading I thought “well this is new”, but it sounds a bit experimental at this point.

Amazon does not seem to be driving, at the moment.


4 posted on 06/30/2018 12:11:32 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: GOP Poet

Those aren’t even as realistic as self-driving cars.


5 posted on 06/30/2018 12:20:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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“Those aren’t even as realistic as self-driving cars.”

Same liability issues.


6 posted on 06/30/2018 12:27:22 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Will they have background checks like ups and fedex drivers?


7 posted on 06/30/2018 1:32:12 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Will be interesting to see if anyone could make money at this. Hard to compete against UPS


8 posted on 06/30/2018 2:08:45 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I looked into it. You “invest” 10 grand, you lease delivery trucks, hire workers you buy their uniforms, but it’s really not a franchise you own as I understand it. They give you routes. The goal is 10 trucks, 100 drivers, per owner and your “potential earnings” could be 300 grand. Doesn’t say anything about pay, fuel costs, etc.


9 posted on 06/30/2018 3:09:18 AM PDT by lucky american (Progressives are attac Iking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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To: lucky american

Will Amazon do E-verify or will Amazon allow illegal alien drivers?

/sarc —- or, since it’s Amazon, maybe not sarcasm


10 posted on 06/30/2018 3:25:25 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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"Hard to compete against UPS"

I'm not so sure. UPS drivers are unionized, and work rigid routes and hours. They also must go to many places to just pick up items. Amazon delivery drivers would have none of that.

There has been an Amazon delivery service in our subdivision for a couple of years that has a non uniformed driver, driving around in a non licensed golf cart type vehicle. It is part time, fast, maneuverable, and appears to me to be quite efficient. UPS couldn't touch its cost.

11 posted on 06/30/2018 3:30:27 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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To: Ken H

Will they be unionized?


12 posted on 06/30/2018 3:30:59 AM PDT by Does so (No mention of "Brown Shirts" on this page?)
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To: lucky american
It's 40 trucks with 100 employees, and Amazon has tight control over required benefits for those employees (though it's unclear what happens if Amazon undergoes a downturn, surely they'd be obligated to ensure that those benefits are paid, right? Even if there's no packages for them to deliver?)

The whole thing is kinda...strange. Amazon's effectively making a delivery workforce wearing their uniforms, their logo’d delivery vans, their rules, yet absolutely not their employer.

I honestly think their strict rules including benefits is going to get a very hard look (probably during the busy holiday season) by various state labor boards, and most likely, result in them being declared the actual employer.

13 posted on 06/30/2018 3:56:09 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: FatherofFive
The ONLY advantage (that I know of) is one hellacious mechanical division.

When an UPS truck is done, it is by GOD done !

They cannibalize to the nth degree.

14 posted on 06/30/2018 4:45:13 AM PDT by knarf (NO 17 year olds and very few 18 year olds are in a military combat zone .... for many reasons.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Remember "Standard Oil"?
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15 posted on 06/30/2018 5:07:28 AM PDT by fedupjohn (Future Follows Past ...You have more then you know...Q)
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To: norwaypinesavage
Around here, for a few years Amazon often used a local delivery service that picked up packages at a distribution center and hand delivered them to houses. It was very efficient. They're back to using a combination of mainstream delivery services and USPS. It's not as efficient. My experience anyway is that the regular delivery services have gotten worse. It's to the point that USPS is the most reliable and the best at knowing where to leave packages.

It seems that Amazon is trying everything they can think of to streamline delivery. One problem is almost everybody wants next-day delivery. I don't have Amazon Prime. Because I'm willing to wait a few days for delivery, it's free.

16 posted on 06/30/2018 5:09:05 AM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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To: knarf

Not sure I know what you mean. Cannibalize trucks for parts? UPS works on their own trucks?


17 posted on 06/30/2018 5:09:32 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think this is a good, real world example of how technology eliminates jobs/changes ways of doing things, but at the same time creates new opportunities.

Many times these new opportunities create a larger number of jobs and competitive pay as well, resulting in an improved standard of living.


18 posted on 06/30/2018 5:11:36 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: fedupjohn
Awesome

Channeling your inner to “Q”

19 posted on 06/30/2018 5:20:02 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: lucky american
The goal is 10 trucks, 100 drivers, per owner and your “potential earnings” could be 300 grand. Doesn’t say anything about pay, fuel costs, etc.

Where will these drivers materialize from? If it were economical to do so, Amazon would cut out the middle man and do it themselves.

20 posted on 06/30/2018 5:23:47 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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