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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: jmyrlefuller on March 01, 2019, 05:17:45 pm
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https://www.wivb.com/news/national/amazon-wants-prime-customers-to-just-get-packages-once-per-week/1820144894?fbclid=IwAR28ChgQq52PhgufTyRksL-JSopNa5GcYLzHWTsev6xVzlD4SXk9zmTZaaQ (https://www.wivb.com/news/national/amazon-wants-prime-customers-to-just-get-packages-once-per-week/1820144894?fbclid=IwAR28ChgQq52PhgufTyRksL-JSopNa5GcYLzHWTsev6xVzlD4SXk9zmTZaaQ)
Amazon is hoping some of its Prime customers will opt to receive packages only once a week.
It's launching "Amazon Day" for Prime members.
Here's how it works -- All of the items you order during the week will be saved online. Then, on whatever day you pick, they'll be delivered together.
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No thank you. Not unless I get charged less for the privilege of saving them shipping money ... I MIGHT consider it then.
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So... after doubling their profits from last year....and yet paying virtually no taxes.... they now want to cut services to save costs... at the expense of their best (Prime) customer? How typically leftist/greedy of them.... tsk tsk.
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I'm fine with this. If this keeps them more competitive, good.
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Well, I for one don't care since I'm retired and can usually make myself available in a particular day to receive packages. I usually don't order anything I need right away. Besides, at least for now, this service is voluntary.
What I would like for Amazon to do is rid themselves of Fed Ex and UPS. For some things, Amazon still uses them. After living in my house since 1989, neither Fed Ex nor UPS can find my house anymore.
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Well, I for one don't care since I'm retired and can usually make myself available in a particular day to receive packages. I usually don't order anything I need right away. Besides, at least for now, this service is voluntary.
What I would like for Amazon to do is rid themselves of Fed Ex and UPS. For some things, Amazon still uses them. After living in my house since 1989, neither Fed Ex nor UPS can find my house anymore.
I only care some of the time but when I do care, I REALLY care about that 2-day shipping. For example, we have a new faucet for the currently inoperable kitchen sink scheduled to be delivered today. After having been without water in my kitchen for the past 4 days I am not interested in waiting for some particular once-per-week date.
Other times, though, I'm fine to use the "no rush" shipping option and I often do so.
I wish they would quit using the US Postal Service for some of their packages. That always adds at least one extra day to the process and leaves me without any way to track it. Bleh.
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I don't have Prime. But if I have a certain amount of dollar purchases the shipping is free. A whole week of purchases would probably exceed that amount. Sadly, this sounds like a scam. But if a person likes their tv services maybe not.
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So... after doubling their profits from last year....and yet paying virtually no taxes.... they now want to cut services to save costs... at the expense of their best (Prime) customer? How typically leftist/greedy of them.... tsk tsk.
They're not going to stop trying to be more profitable just because they're already extremely successful.
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So... after doubling their profits from last year....and yet paying virtually no taxes.... they now want to cut services to save costs... at the expense of their best (Prime) customer? How typically leftist/greedy of them.... tsk tsk.
They paid lots of taxes, just not the ones that particular story was about.
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They paid lots of taxes, just not the ones that particular story was about.
Really? Got a link?
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Really? Got a link?
Here's one: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,351807.msg1920964.html#msg1920964 (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,351807.msg1920964.html#msg1920964)
My internet connection is painfully slow. I could find more, given a couple of days. 9999hair out0000
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Really? Got a link?
@Sanguine
This is a snip about the Virginia Amazon site.
Opportunity zones were created as part of the Trump administration’s December 2017 tax bill and allowed governors to select as many as a quarter of their census tracts to qualify for the subsidies. For a limited time, investors who develop real estate or fund businesses in opportunity zones are able to defer capital gains on profits earned elsewhere and completely eliminate them on new investments.
Before people start screaming about any corporation not paying taxes or getting tax breaks they need to understand it isn't the corporations making the tax laws.
Corporations are famous for paying as little tax as possible.
I looked around a byte for some other articles @Sanguine and @XenaLee but nothing really jumped out at me.
Kinda interesting about their new grocery business. With once a week delivery? Sounds kind of dumb to me. My wife orders some food for her mom on Amazon.
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Great. More stuff for the thieves to take.
The way Amazon delivers to me is by slowing the truck slightly and chucking my package on the sidewalk, on the way to the next.
Call it done boy! It's Miller time.
If they get the package anywhere close to the vicinity of the address, 'That's Delivered!'
I'd rather risk one package than to risk all of them.
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@bigheadfred
@QueenCatofAragon
I can't walk big stores. Amazon is my store; I have Prime. I did order two items two days ago, and there was a choice of when to have them delivered, each one or together. I clicked together for a curtain and curtain rod, as both of them were necessary to get the curtain up. I am used to two day delivery and that is why I pay for Prime. Don't mess with my Prime.
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My latest purchase
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61I8omvWTYL._SL1000_.jpg)
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Nope.
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You shoulda gotten this one!
(https://www.norcalbrewingsolutions.com/store/media/Distilling-Spirits/Stills-Equipment-Hardware/ss_size1/3511-Keg-Ultimate-Reflux-Still-NPT-Logo.jpg)
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Here's one: http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,351807.msg1920964.html#msg1920964 (http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,351807.msg1920964.html#msg1920964)
My internet connection is painfully slow. I could find more, given a couple of days. 9999hair out0000
Don't be surprised if Amazon offers fast internet before too long.
Today on the radio I heard they are opening some retail grocery stores, in addition to their purchase of hole Foods, and they are looking to purchase regional grocery chains.
This plan looks like a move into local brick and mortar retail, now that they dominate online shopping.
These internet age businesses move fast. They go from initial small size to larger size, with "scaling" as they call it.
Amazon started as an online book store in Seattle in the early/mid 1990s and I bought from them.
Maybe they can pick up some Sears and Pennys locations, too.
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If they move in this direction there would be absolutely no point in prime membership. May as well cancel and go back to a $35 minimum order to get free shipping and a regular delivery time.
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Don't be surprised if Amazon offers fast internet before too long.
Today on the radio I heard they are opening some retail grocery stores, in addition to their purchase of hole Foods, and they are looking to purchase regional grocery chains.
This plan looks like a move into local brick and mortar retail, now that they dominate online shopping.
These internet age businesses move fast. They go from initial small size to larger size, with "scaling" as they call it.
Amazon started as an online book store in Seattle in the early/mid 1990s and I bought from them.
Maybe they can pick up some Sears and Pennys locations, too.
If they mess up the delivery system, then they will end up as a brick and mortar store and they'll become the next Sears.
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If they mess up the delivery system, then they will end up as a brick and mortar store and they'll become the next Sears.
Exactly. They have set the standard for service and now they want to do away with it? It makes no sense. They've gone from two day delivery, to (depending on where one lives) one day delivery, then to local same day delivery. This would be going backwards. We are not living on an island where the mail boat comes once per week.
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Exactly. They have set the standard for service and now they want to do away with it? It makes no sense. They've gone from two day delivery, to (depending on where one lives) one day delivery, then to local same day delivery. This would be going backwards. We are not living on an island where the mail boat comes once per week.
No, but when I order several things at once, they tend to trickle in, which requires me to be at home for hours several days in a row. I would much prefer they all arrive at one time.
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No, but when I order several things at once, they tend to trickle in, which requires me to be at home for hours several days in a row. I would much prefer they all arrive at one time.
Amazon used to allow the option to ship all at once, but now there are so many sellers that are not sent from Amazon Fulfillment that's probably gone away. I have an item due today that was sent directly to me from the seller.
The option was on the checkout page.
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Amazon used to allow the option to ship all at once, but now there are so many sellers that are not sent from Amazon Fulfillment that's probably gone away. I have an item due today that was sent directly to me from the seller. The option was on the checkout page.
@Cyber Liberty
I seldom buy anything that is not "Prime". I also check to see if it will be sent by Amazon or another company. I trust Amazon to get it here, not so much another company.
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@Cyber Liberty
I seldom buy anything that is not "Prime". I also check to see if it will be sent by Amazon or another company. I trust Amazon to get it here, not so much another company.
It depends on the situation. The new Castle is in a place where there is no AMZL, so almost everything comes by USPS or UPS. UPS is reliable, USPS is not, even when we lived in Phoenix. I'm expecting a package today, it's Prime and being delivered by USPS. I won't be surprised of I have to report another lost package tomorrow. If I seem much more of this, it's bye-bye Amazon if I can't get them to stop using USPS.
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If they mess up the delivery system, then they will end up as a brick and mortar store and they'll become the next Sears.
It took Sears from 1893 until present to more/less totally fail. Along the way they were involved with Allstate Insur, Coldwell Banker real estate, to name examples of "conglomerate" businesses.
Amazon started in 1994 and is now almost beyondcomprehension.
They too are bound to make mistakes.
But the world of business moves very fast now. Amazon and Walmart seem to be competing for the grand kahuna of retail, online and neighborhood.
My business mind says no seller can make a profit selling $5 items, and providing overnight delivery to households.
It is very difficult to argue that Amazon lacks highly agile smart management.
I remember when the first Starbucks came to my area--also 1994.
It was sort of cultural arrival. We had been deemed to be sufficiently cool, to "get" a Starbucks. Now there are 6 to 8 within a couple of miles. They are starting to upgrade, replace locations with better ones.
Speed, risk, decisiveness seem to be aspects of these business "replication" and "scaling" examples.
I expect Amazon, Starbucks and Walmart will linger as long as Sears did, over mistakes.
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@truth_seeker
My business mind says no seller can make a profit selling $5 items, and providing overnight delivery to households.
Amazon Prime won't ship items that small at all. They're called "add-on items" that will sit in the Amazon Fulfillment center until you order at least $35 worth of items, then ship it all together. The independents that ship directly are not Prime and will charge for S&H.
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No, but when I order several things at once, they tend to trickle in, which requires me to be at home for hours several days in a row. I would much prefer they all arrive at one time.
I wonder if this is part of the motivation for them getting into the grocery business (a place they could ship everything to, and then either make one trip to your house or have you pick it up at your "convenience"). I know my local wally grocery has signs all over the place lately advertising this.
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It depends on the situation. The new Castle is in a place where there is no AMZL, so almost everything comes by USPS or UPS. UPS is reliable, USPS is not, even when we lived in Phoenix. I'm expecting a package today, it's Prime and being delivered by USPS. I won't be surprised of I have to report another lost package tomorrow. If I seem much more of this, it's bye-bye Amazon if I can't get them to stop using USPS.
@Victoria33
Miracle of miracles! USPS just delivered my large-screen TV mounting brackets!
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@Victoria33
Miracle of miracles! USPS just delivered my large-screen TV mounting brackets!
@Cyber Liberty
Lucky you. Am waiting for curtain and curtain rod today. Waiting, Waiting, Waiting,...
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@Cyber Liberty
Lucky you. Am waiting for curtain and curtain rod today. Waiting, Waiting, Waiting,...
Who is the carrier? UPS, USPS, AMZL or "other."
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Who is the carrier? UPS, USPS, AMZL or "other."
@Cyber Liberty
CURTAIN/ROD HERE! Don't know the carrier: he/she left it in front of door and didn't knock. I just went to door to check as I have done several times, and finally there it was.
We are off to church right now. Glad package came before we left. When get back, will check to see if you posted to this message.
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@Cyber Liberty
CURTAIN/ROD HERE! Don't know the carrier: he/she left it in front of door and didn't knock. I just went to door to check as I have done several times, and finally there it was.
We are off to church right now. Glad package came before we left. When get back, will check to see if you posted to this message.
You can find out the carrier when you click "Track Package" from the "Orders" page. Click "Details" and a small window will appear with the carrier and tracking number.
@Victoria33
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I don't subscribe to amazon prime.
In fact, when I order something from them, I buy enough to get "free shipping".
It usually takes a little longer.
But it's free.
I can live with that.
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You can find out the carrier when you click "Track Package" from the "Orders" page. Click "Details" and a small window will appear with the carrier and tracking number.
@Victoria33
@Cyber Liberty
"Track Package". Yes, I do that when waiting for packages. I am back from church and dinner, so am now able to write you. When got back, I did check the route of the packages. No carrier was listed; however, I am 30 min. from Dallas and there is a large Amazon warehouse there. The packages I get from Amazon are delivered by UPS, or car driven by a person delivering the packages. I suppose these individual car carriers come from Amazon in Dallas. Packages from "Amazon" are delivered those two ways. If package is from "another company" on Amazon, they come by regular mail, USPS, put in the mail box of this house. That is, of course, the less desirable way to get a package - maybe you get it, maybe you don't.
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@Cyber Liberty
"Track Package". Yes, I do that when waiting for packages. I am back from church and dinner, so am now able to write you. When got back, I did check the route of the packages. No carrier was listed; however, I am 30 min. from Dallas and there is a large Amazon warehouse there. The packages I get from Amazon are delivered by UPS, or car driven by a person delivering the packages. I suppose these individual car carriers come from Amazon in Dallas. Packages from "Amazon" are delivered those two ways. If package is from "another company" on Amazon, they come by regular mail, USPS, put in the mail box of this house. That is, of course, the less desirable way to get a package - maybe you get it, maybe you don't.
Ah! The guys in cars are Amazon, the acronym used in tracking is AMZL. You can see that more detail, like a tracking number, is available while the shipment is in process. I don't have that anymore, because there is no AMZL center here at the Castle. I left the 'burbs, and glad for it.
UPS, USPS and sometimes DHL were usually direct from an external vendor. UPS has been pretty reliable about performing to expectations (I can take the tracking number to the UPS website and I can see the detail, and even have them text me when it;s delivered), but sometimes they use "SmartPost" where they hand off to the local post office to do the final delivery (I hate this). Which leads me to...the USPS.
USPS is the worst of the lot in being reliable. I've had them deliver to the wrong house and misroute perishables (like pastry) to the wrong city (How difficult can it be to hit a city the size of Phoenix?). I quite buying things from my hometown bakery because they don't care about my complaints and insist on USPS who blew it 2 out of 5 times. They aren't any better at the Castle than they were in Phoenix. They delivered one of my first packages (coffee) to the wrong house.
9999hair out0000
Amazon instantly refunded the cost of the coffee, BTW.
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@Cyber Liberty
I guess it depends on where you live, but I have no problem with USPS. I had the same mal carrier for 27 years and he was a sweetheart. He once saw me wrestling with a huge box on my front porch and helped me get it inside (the box was from UPS not USPS). Wiling to go above and beyond his job description. The current mailman is a young fella, but he is also doing well. Plus this is a small town. The post office knows everyone and where they live. A misdirected or lost package is a rarity.
Now UPS amd Fed Ex are a whole different matter entirely. They were good when I first moved here, but lately, they can't seem to find my house. Eventually, I fiuigured out that with Fed Ex, the problem was with the service used by Amazon or its third-party sellers. If they request Fed Ex Ground, Fed Ex assumes it is a delivery to a business. Amazon and its third paprty sellers are now supposed to use Fed Ex Home delivery. Even worse, my street name is generic like Main Street. I found out there are several streets like mine in this region. Since the packages were sent Fed Ex Ground instead of Fed Ex Home, Fed Ex assumed it was a business. So it kep trying to find an address similar to mine that was a business and kept trying to deliver to that business. I had to finally notify Amazon that Fed Ex shipments must be sent via Fed Ex Home and ask that it so notify its third party sellers.
I don't know what the problem is with UPS. The company doesn't offer a separate hime delivery service option. I just think UPS doesn't really read the shipping label.
I have noticed that, as much as possible, Amazon has been using its own AMZL service, but there is an Amazon distribution facility not far from me, so that works well. If the distribution center has the otem in stock, it has its own delivery people run it to my house. If the product has to come from somewhere else, it is shipped to the local Amazon distribution center and then delivered by AMZL to me. Unfortunately, third party sellers wull still have to use Fed Ex, UPS or the Postal Service, but I am doing my best not to order from those sellers and get my deliveries from Amazon itself.
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@Cyber Liberty
I guess it depends on where you live, but I have no problem with USPS. I had the same mal carrier for 27 years and he was a sweetheart. He once saw me wrestling with a huge box on my front porch and helped me get it inside (the box was from UPS not USPS). Wiling to go above and beyond his job description. The current mailman is a young fella, but he is also doing well. Plus this is a small town. The post office knows everyone and where they live. A misdirected or lost package is a rarity.
Now UPS amd Fed Ex are a whole different matter entirely. They were good when I first moved here, but lately, they can't seem to find my house. Eventually, I fiuigured out that with Fed Ex, the problem was with the service used by Amazon or its third-party sellers. If they request Fed Ex Ground, Fed Ex assumes it is a delivery to a business. Amazon and its third paprty sellers are now supposed to use Fed Ex Home delivery. Even worse, my street name is generic like Main Street. I found out there are several streets like mine in this region. Since the packages were sent Fed Ex Ground instead of Fed Ex Home, Fed Ex assumed it was a business. So it kep trying to find an address similar to mine that was a business and kept trying to deliver to that business. I had to finally notify Amazon that Fed Ex shipments must be sent via Fed Ex Home and ask that it so notify its third party sellers.
I don't know what the problem is with UPS. The company doesn't offer a separate hime delivery service option. I just think UPS doesn't really read the shipping label.
I have noticed that, as much as possible, Amazon has been using its own AMZL service, but there is an Amazon distribution facility not far from me, so that works well. If the distribution center has the otem in stock, it has its own delivery people run it to my house. If the product has to come from somewhere else, it is shipped to the local Amazon distribution center and then delivered by AMZL to me. Unfortunately, third party sellers wull still have to use Fed Ex, UPS or the Postal Service, but I am doing my best not to order from those sellers and get my deliveries from Amazon itself.
I had good luck with AMZL, UPS and Fedex when I was in Phoenix. My local USPS letter carrier was great, he worked the rout for about 30 years. He retired when I did, so the carrier for the past few months while I've been moving is a bullet-head. The main problem that cost a company my business was they routed 2 of the 5 shipments I got with perishable items to a town 50 miles of me and by the time I got them they were ruined. I asked the vendor to send another way and he refused, so bye-bye.
The other shippers were good in my experience. I miss AMZL. No fulfillment center near me now. :crying: