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Re: Amazon Flex

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Post by mikeash » Wed, Sep 30, 2015, 2:54 PM UTC

enraged_camel wrote: post #442

mikeash wrote: post #367

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What is the categorical difference between an ice cream stain and cigarette smoke? Because I honestly don't understand what distinction you're trying to make.

One is a physical stain that might very well be permanent. The other is an odor that will come out after literally one wash (or after airing it out for a while).

The ice cream stain might not be permanent, and the cigarette smell might be, all depending on the specifics, so I see no qualitative difference between the two.

Re: Amazon Flex

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Post by vhold » Wed, Sep 30, 2015, 6:09 PM UTC

radlad wrote: post #416

works_remote_ wrote: post #405

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There has been more than once where a package will fail to be delivered in a timely manner (the website indicates its been out for delivery for 5+ days), and they have always overnighted a replacement without charge or expectation that if the original shows up that I return it to them. These missing packages have been primarily from when UPS/FedEx decides to use a last mile delivery service, instead of delivering it…

I find it far more frustrating when one of the last mile delivery services says they have delivered the package, and then it shows up a day or two later. Amazon hasn't honored the two day guarantee for me in these instances.

I've found that the way they honor this guarantee is that you simply return it for the reason "Did not arrive on time" and you get a refund.

I've done it once because it didn't arrive on Friday, wouldn't come until Monday, and I wanted it for that weekend so I just went out and bought it and returned what Amazon delivered Monday. I felt kinda guilty but when it came Monday it looked like it was run over by a truck anyways, as in, had actual tire tracks on it.

Re: Amazon Flex

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Post by technofiend » Wed, Sep 30, 2015, 9:13 PM UTC

jonlucc wrote: post #255

technofiend wrote: post #224

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I'm not surprised to see Houston excluded from this list due to size and low urban density, but I am disappointed.

Do you have Prime Now? I think the expanded list is the cities currently served by Prime Now.

We do not and probably for the same reason: Amazon can't guarantee one hour delivery in a 640 square mile area without drones or multiple distribution hubs.

Re: Amazon Flex

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Post by School-Cotton » Thu, Oct 01, 2015, 11:44 AM UTC

cdcarter wrote: post #463

caskance wrote: post #282

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It's what racists say to pretend they're not racist.

Well, in this case, one of the big concerns is new Amazon hires pushing families of color out of the central neighborhoods they've historically resided in. The CD is a very traditionally PoC neighborhood (there was recently a GREAT docu about Yesler Terrace housing projects), but it's also very conveniently located for a lot of new tech workers. Rents are skyrocketing.

I feel for anyone who can't pay their rent, but the rhetoric that tech employees are "pushing" anyone out misses the mark.

Tech employees aren't evicting people or raising their rent. They're finding vacant units, offered at a given price by landlords, and accepting the deal. Yes, those rents are often high -- but the problem emerges from a complex system, not from the deliberate behavior of a specific subgroup of actors.

Re: Amazon Flex

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Post by shire » Thu, Oct 01, 2015, 9:49 PM UTC

So $18-$25 an hour plus tips. To drive maybe 24miles or more per trip not sure and on top of that considering car expense you'd have to pay driving that many miles, gas oil-change maybe tire problems or engine problems driving that far distances everyday could really start to add up.