Not the Brown truck.
Jan 11, 2016 00:20:00 #
There is a new truck in town. It is white, and offers same day delivery to selected areas. It drove up to the pump while I was at the filling station. Had a little chat with the driver while the tank filled. He was on his way to deliver packages having just come from the warehouse. Looks as if Amazon is using white trucks instead of drones in this area to deliver things.
New Amazon delivery truck
Jan 11, 2016 08:40:44 #
Those trucks are used for their 1 and 2 hour Prime delivery customer's orders. The service is still in limited areas I think.
Jan 12, 2016 08:21:48 #
hannaco wrote:
There is a new truck in town. It is white, and offers same day delivery to selected areas. It drove up to the pump while I was at the filling station. Had a little chat with the driver while the tank filled. He was on his way to deliver packages having just come from the warehouse. Looks as if Amazon is using white trucks instead of drones in this area to deliver things.
I guess someone at Amazon crunched the numbers and decided that buying trucks, and drivers, and mechanics was cheaper than paying UPS. Surprising.
Jan 12, 2016 15:08:21 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I guess someone at Amazon crunched the numbers and decided that buying trucks, and drivers, and mechanics was cheaper than paying UPS. Surprising.
UPS might not be able to do the 1 ~ 2 hour delivery on a consistent basis, after all they have their normal routes to take care of.
Just getting a guaranteed 4 hour delivery in 6 hours from UPS is difficult. We after all are just 2 miles from the warehouse.
Jan 12, 2016 23:54:17 #
hannaco wrote:
There is a new truck in town. It is white, and offers same day delivery to selected areas. It drove up to the pump while I was at the filling station. Had a little chat with the driver while the tank filled. He was on his way to deliver packages having just come from the warehouse. Looks as if Amazon is using white trucks instead of drones in this area to deliver things.
I hope we get them in Canada soon. My wife won't recognize it. :-)
Jan 13, 2016 10:28:44 #
RicknJude wrote:
I hope we get them in Canada soon. My wife won't recognize it. :-)
One of the problems right now is the limited number of products available for the 1 or 2 hour delivery. It appears to be mainly household items like laundry soap, toiletries, etc. i think you can even get a fitbit, or other personal items. I suppose that as demand picks up and the infrastructure gets further developed we will see more items like DSLR bodies and lenses being available under that delivery model.
Nice way to remedy a GAS attack rather quickly! :)
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