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Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by qrbLPHiKpiux »

cj wrote: post #8

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 h…

No. Nothing else.

I understand that "Faster, better, cheaper" is a mantra for businesses like this, but there's a limit - you can only get so close. The public has forced business to do this. Perhaps businesses should push back just a little...

Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by stefan_ »

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.

You have just missed Amazon Flex:

https://flex.amazon.com/

Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by krapp »

KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #10
grega_g wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No need, they have biorobots

Bio robots are better off doing higher level, fulfilling, mental work instead of dangerous grunt work.

Bio robots are cheaper to procure, maintain and repurpose, and easier to replace when damaged than actual robots in most cases, making them preferable for menial and dangerous grunt work.

Also there aren't enough "higher level, fulfilling, mental work" jobs to go around, and there will be even fewer once those begin to be automated as well.

Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

krapp wrote: post #13
KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bio robots are better off doing higher level, fulfilling, mental work instead of dangerous grunt work.

Bio robots are cheaper to procure, maintain and repurpose, and easier to replace when damaged than actual robots in most cases, making them preferable for menial and dangerous grunt work. Also there aren't enough "higher level, fulfilling, mental work" jobs to go around, and there will be even fewer once those begin to be automated as well.

And some of us enjoy physically demanding, hard work. Do it for fun actually! But that's because we spend most days not doing it I guess.

Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by criddell »

qrbLPHiKpiux wrote: post #11
cj wrote: post #8

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 h…

No. Nothing else. I understand that "Faster, better, cheaper" is a mantra for businesses like this, but there's a limit - you can only get so close. The public has forced business to do this. Perhaps businesses should push back just a little...

When you choose a later delivery option does Amazon actually treat the package differently and their people better? I'm not convinced that the order doesn't just sit in their system until ship date where it is blended in with all the other orders for same day delivery.

Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by z5h »

If you get any group of people to run 5 million errands a week by car, won’t some of them get into accidents, and do stupid things? How do Amazon’s drivers compare to baseline expectations?

Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by krapp »

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.

This is precisely capitalism. The market has decided that this degree of exploitation is preferable to longer delivery times and higher prices to offset labor costs, and Amazon has capitalized on that market need, and maximized their profits.

Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by krapp »

criddell wrote: post #15
qrbLPHiKpiux wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. Nothing else. I understand that "Faster, better, cheaper" is a mantra for businesses like this, but there's a limit - you can only get so close. The public has forced business to do this. Perhaps businesses should push back just a little...

When you choose a later delivery option does Amazon actually treat the package differently and their people better? I'm not convinced that the order doesn't just sit in their system until ship date where it is blended in with all the other orders for same day delivery.

>When you choose a later delivery option does Amazon actually treat the package differently and their people better?

No.

Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by grega_g »

krapp wrote: post #13
KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bio robots are better off doing higher level, fulfilling, mental work instead of dangerous grunt work.

Bio robots are cheaper to procure, maintain and repurpose, and easier to replace when damaged than actual robots in most cases, making them preferable for menial and dangerous grunt work. Also there aren't enough "higher level, fulfilling, mental work" jobs to go around, and there will be even fewer once those begin to be automated as well.

Plus, if Amazon unleashed a fleet of robots, every accident would be scrutinized by press and possibly by authorities. With bio robots they can literally cause carnage and no one cares.

Re: The cost of next-day delivery

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Post by cameronbrown »

krapp wrote: post #17
cameronbrown wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

This is precisely capitalism. The market has decided that this degree of exploitation is preferable to longer delivery times and higher prices to offset labor costs, and Amazon has capitalized on that market need, and maximized their profits.

Correcting the market by increasing the cost of non-compliance is also, still capitalism.
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