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Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by cowsandmilk »

> the Seattle-based giant dictates almost every aspect of that operation, down to what drivers wear, what vans they use, what routes they follow, and how many packages they must deliver each day.

This really isn’t true in my experience. I’ve seen plenty of Amazon packages delivered by people in Uhaul vans, minivans, etc not wearing Amazon apparel.

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Post by dx87 »

cowsandmilk wrote: post #4

> the Seattle-based giant dictates almost every aspect of that operation, down to what drivers wear, what vans they use, what routes they follow, and how many packages they must deliver each day. This really isn’t true in my experience. I’ve seen plenty of Amazon packages delivered by people in Uhaul vans, minivans, etc not wearing Amazon apparel.

Same. I've seen them starting to use Amazon branded vans more often now, but occasionally still get deliveries from people in jeans and a tshirt driving an old sedan.

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Post by cj »

TLDR:

1) Amazon offers fast package delivery.

2) To meet customer delivery expectations, Amazon hires contract delivery vans that are expected to deliver packages on schedule.

3) Sometimes, these vans get into car accidents that kill people.

4) When sued for wrongful death, Amazon denies responsibility for car accident fatalities involving the delivery company they contract with.

is there anything new / interesting here that I'm missing?

Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by fooqux »

cameronbrown wrote: post #5
fooqux wrote: post #3

After reading this article, I'm happy to report that Capitalism is alive and well everybody!

This isn't capitalism. This is a bug in capitalism which regulation needs to fix right now.

Is the bug you're referring to coercing people of a lower caste into overworking for next to nothing? Or escaping blame from what shell companies are doing at your orders?

Sarcasm aside, both of these things have been an issue for centuries. And while I'm not anti-regulation by any stretch, I think we've found that regulation doesn't work too well when the company(ies) being regulated have more money than god. We need a new weapon.

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