AmazonFresh Has Launched in Bay Area
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AmazonFresh Has Launched in Bay Area
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Re: AmazonFresh Has Launched in Bay Area
#2Double-parking quick delivery trucks remind me of nothing but the 2000 bubble. Here's one way too big for the parking spot about to block a fire hydrant in the Upper Haight just last night: http://imgur.com/61lAhjW
Re: AmazonFresh Has Launched in Bay Area
#3Interesting that they're opening with a different price model than Seattle's. $299/year and according to GeekWire their groceries are approximately 14% higher than in-store.
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/jeff-bezos-amazon-fresh-closer-...
Re: AmazonFresh Has Launched in Bay Area
#4Interesting that they're opening with a different price model than Seattle's. $299/year and according to GeekWire their groceries are approximately 14% higher than in-store. http://www.geekwire.com/2013/jeff-bezos-amazon-fresh-closer-...
I would pay a 14% premium to not have to go to the grocery store after work.
Re: AmazonFresh Has Launched in Bay Area
#5Interesting that they're opening with a different price model than Seattle's. $299/year and according to GeekWire their groceries are approximately 14% higher than in-store. http://www.geekwire.com/2013/jeff-bezos-amazon-fresh-closer-...
I would pay a 14% premium to not have to go to the grocery store after work.
The selection is somewhat underwhelming though.
Re: AmazonFresh Has Launched in Bay Area
#6Double-parking quick delivery trucks remind me of nothing but the 2000 bubble. Here's one way too big for the parking spot about to block a fire hydrant in the Upper Haight just last night: http://imgur.com/61lAhjW
|Here's one way too big for the parking spot
Just like every delivery truck ever...
Re: AmazonFresh Has Launched in Bay Area
#7The annual price seems prohibitively expensive, especially compared to services like Instacart.
They don't seem to be offering a very good argument for why the service is worth the cost IMO.
Re: AmazonFresh Has Launched in Bay Area
#8I tried Google Shopping Express (a similar idea) for a while and found that what really matters is how delivery works. I'm typically at work all day and I (like most San Franciscans?) don't have a doorman to receive deliveries.
These Amazon pages don't say much, but they show pictures of delivery trucks in front of Victorians like mine and a grocery bag on a welcome mat. If they left a bag full of food in my entryway like that it'd probably last 20 minutes before being stolen.
Re: AmazonFresh Has Launched in Bay Area
#9I wonder how Instacart feels.
Re: AmazonFresh Has Launched in Bay Area
#10I tried Google Shopping Express (a similar idea) for a while and found that what really matters is how delivery works. I'm typically at work all day and I (like most San Franciscans?) don't have a doorman to receive deliveries. These Amazon pages don't say much, but they show pictures of delivery trucks in front of Victorians like mine and a grocery bag on a welcome mat. If they left a bag full of food in my entryway…
I've got a storage space with Extra Space Storage and if you leave a key with them they'll put your deliveries in your locker for you. It is really convenient! I've got just a small 5x5 room that costs me like $90/month... Along with deliveries I keep my winter gear, backpacking gear, and all sorts of other stuff that I don't really need sitting around me house.
Disclaimer: I don't work for these guys, have any investments, or anything to gain, I just like the service.