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Amazon launching their own delivery service
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:19 am
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:19 am
so i guess shorting ups/fedex would have been smart
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- Amazon will launch a package-delivery service called "Shipping with Amazon," or SWA, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
- The service will compete directly with UPS and FedEx.
- SWA will roll out in Los Angeles over the next few weeks and then spread to other cities in the US over the course of the year.
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Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:21 am to The Egg
Called this for a while. Know someone who landed one of the amazon delivery contracts. I wonder if they will start offering shipping services outside of just amazon
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:25 am to The Egg
I assume this ends all of the Nexus craziness with Amazon? Not a third party carrier so they'll just start collecting tax everywhere right?
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:27 am to The Egg
will this kill the USPS?
Amazon is their biggest customer and basically the only thing keeping them afloat
Amazon is their biggest customer and basically the only thing keeping them afloat
Posted on 2/9/18 at 8:56 am to Salmon
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will this kill the USPS?
Lets hope so...
Posted on 2/9/18 at 9:18 am to TheOcean
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Called this for a while. Know someone who landed one of the amazon delivery contracts. I wonder if they will start offering shipping services outside of just amazon
I'd imagine they may have to outsource for a while until they are able to handle everything in house.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 9:35 am to Brageous
While extreme, what if FedEx / USPS / UPS stopped delivering Amazon packages?
I guess collusion is difficult and illegal so there is that barrier
I guess collusion is difficult and illegal so there is that barrier
Posted on 2/9/18 at 9:44 am to lynxcat
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While extreme, what if FedEx / USPS / UPS stopped delivering Amazon packages?
I guess collusion is difficult and illegal so there is that barrier
I don't see it any different than all the major airlines magically changing their policies around the same time
Difference here is they can't put Amazon out of business mainly because they can sustain without their own shipping.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 9:48 am to Salmon
This should help USPS since it loses money on each Amazon package delivered.
But the slow bleedout for USPS will continue.
But the slow bleedout for USPS will continue.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 10:10 am to The Egg
So they gonna deliver on Sundays now?
Posted on 2/9/18 at 10:22 am to Shepherd88
Long FDX and UPS. Amazon can't hang and are a very low % of revenues for these two.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 11:07 am to The Egg
Are they going to use part-time people in their own private planes like they do for a lot of home deliveries? Just kidding but, I'm not sure that many of the people making deliveries in their privately owned vehicles know how much it costs them to operate their cars.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 2:14 pm to The Egg
Are they still going to hand off to USPS for the last mile? It's hard for anyone to compete with government subsidized service.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 3:35 pm to seawolf06
Amazon will buy every empty mall to use as a warehouse and delivery terminal. I hear Cortana is for sales for 1.5 million.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 6:27 pm to The Egg
They don't already do this? Almost all Amazon packages I order with same day, Saturday or Sunday delivery are delivered by people in personal vehicles. I just assumed they worked directly for Amazon.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 6:32 pm to The Egg
Surprised this didn't happen a long time ago.
Imagine how much Amazon loses on Item Not Received claims right now. This gives the control - as well as proof that they delivered it to the right place.
Imagine how much Amazon loses on Item Not Received claims right now. This gives the control - as well as proof that they delivered it to the right place.
Posted on 2/9/18 at 7:04 pm to whitefoot
I think this will be more formal. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. I can't imagine it would be much cheaper to deliver on your own vs. contracting w/ FedEx/UPS/USPS. Amazon must be trying to enter that market and compete
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