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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
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Start your own business.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
06/30/2018 12:08:50 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Where are the fast delivery to our door drones Amazon was raving about? Nata.
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posted on
06/30/2018 12:09:45 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
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.
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posted on
06/30/2018 12:11:32 AM PDT
by
cba123
( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
To: GOP Poet
Those aren’t even as realistic as self-driving cars.
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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.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Those arent even as realistic as self-driving cars.”
Same liability issues.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Will they have background checks like ups and fedex drivers?
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posted on
06/30/2018 1:32:12 AM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Will be interesting to see if anyone could make money at this. Hard to compete against UPS
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posted on
06/30/2018 2:08:45 AM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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.
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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.)
To: lucky american
Will Amazon do E-verify or will Amazon allow illegal alien drivers?
/sarc - or, since its Amazon, maybe not sarcasm
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posted on
06/30/2018 3:25:25 AM PDT
by
House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
To: FatherofFive
"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.
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posted on
06/30/2018 3:30:27 AM PDT
by
norwaypinesavage
(The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
To: Ken H
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posted on
06/30/2018 3:30:59 AM PDT
by
Does so
(No mention of "Brown Shirts" on this page?)
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.
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posted on
06/30/2018 3:56:09 AM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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.
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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.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Remember "Standard Oil"?
Future Follows Past
You have more than you know.
F
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posted on
06/30/2018 5:07:28 AM PDT
by
fedupjohn
(Future Follows Past ...You have more then you know...Q)
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.
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posted on
06/30/2018 5:09:05 AM PDT
by
grania
(President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
To: knarf
Not sure I know what you mean. Cannibalize trucks for parts? UPS works on their own trucks?
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.
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posted on
06/30/2018 5:11:36 AM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: fedupjohn
Awesome
Channeling your inner to Q
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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.)
To: lucky american
The goal is 10 trucks, 100 drivers, per owner and your potential earnings could be 300 grand. Doesnt 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.
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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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