MyTripisCut
Never bought my own handtruck
Maybe out in the boonies they didn't.
Amazon Prime, now with free, same-day deliveries
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MyTripisCut
Never bought my own handtruck
That's one. Another is Eastern logistics or some thing like that
Coldworld
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He's a tech billionaire. ...next stop for him is breeding unicorns to fly the package to its destination. ..All of these tech guys are like this. ...
Coldworld
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Are you talking about ontrac....
MyTripisCut
Never bought my own handtruck
They are not around here but similar company
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FrigidAdCorrector
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It must have been the next flight then. I just pulled up the name on the site. You guys must make a killing on those
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selfcancelsignal
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You MUST run ODO! You MUST deliver same day parcels! You MUST find these parcels, even if they're on the 7000 shelf in a bricked out 1000!
overflowed
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Never even seen one of those.
CharleyHustle
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I think you are maybe being a little short sighted here. What Amazon, and many other companies in this industry (including UPS) are banking on, is that more and more people are going to get their stuff delivered to their house instead of going to the store to get it.
One misunderstanding could be that this is NOT an air product. These are commonly ordered items warehoused at a fulfillment center. You must order by noon to receive it the same day. Here is an example of what I could see happening; package driver gets some air stops and bulk stops at a UPS center for morning, takes lunch and goes to amazon fulfillment center at 12:30, loads packages and delivers, repeat.
No feeders, no part timers, no building, no overhead for UPS, just provide the driver and truck.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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This is what I see:
UPS has no involvement whatsoever with this service as it would not make any sense from a business standpoint nor could Amazon afford to have us "on call".
"Same day delivery" is ideal for a contractor-type operation, much like the guys who deliver the new phone books or the newspapers on motor routes.
OrioN
double tap o da horn dooshbag
not gonna happen with an hourly union driver... UPstate has the "bigger picture" of getting lower paid non-union drivers like those of Lasership or Ontrac to do same-day deliveries
heck, they may try Uber drivers to deliver too if the costs are similar to those owner operator subcontractors
oldngray
nowhere special
I agree it sounds more like using Uber than regular delivery drivers. Small niche market.
up in Seattle I'm gonna be pissed.Yes, these innovative services from Amazon and others will need to prove themselves, but at the same time are large metro only type solutions, so they are limited in scope that perhaps just expand delivery business not take away from legacy carriers. Where I thought a few years back these services would possibly threaten small package delivery if successful (I continue to question success), I see it more now of as an niche complimentary service, drones included if that happens any time soon.
That said, this is part of Amazon being forced to pay state taxes has led them to, many more regional warehouses so that creates new logistics opportunities. Door closes, door opens.
That said, this is part of Amazon being forced to pay state taxes has led them to, many more regional warehouses so that creates new logistics opportunities. Door closes, door opens.
Both large carriers are doing it in some metro's, they aren't doing it for free or close to it, it is a premium. My educated guess is it isn't really taking off. I think the Big 2 feel pressure real or not, that they have to come up with new services because others are inventing new ways of delivery, but all very limited in footprint and really unproven. Fedex Office seems like it will be offering local delivery as well, which that is probably smart, the more usage they can get out of their stores the better I'd assume.
UPS is doing the mom and pop delivery holds vs Fedex Office delivery holds. One has more locations, albeit probably some questionable ones where the other not as many locations but a more professional front. I'd say this is where the two companies flip flop a little, you might think it would be the other way around for each carrier. Both are toying with locker delivery in metro's, again that could be more cost than return, but feel the pressure to innovate to make sure they aren't lapped by a start-up. All of this is really unproven or profitable for anyone imo at this time. But it is new and exciting, no?
It isn't an impatient society, if someone is offering something better for you, you take it, that is as old as life itself.
I rather have same day then next day, doesn't matter what else happens. I don't sit back and wonder what it does to Amazon or the carrier, somehow agreements are made and jobs are paid to get done. If they didn't offer it I'm ok with that two, I get it. But since they are and for free... right? Amazon perhaps could still be an experiment waiting to explode, articles debate that possibility all the time. That said, there are some big loooong term investors playing the long game of controlling a big part of the merchant market for a long period of time.
As for the season, UPS will then counter and not over-hire, they'll learn and adjust, but your overall company package volume is fine with or without this. If you're quarterlies were bleeding packages, that is when you need to look over your shoulder a bit. A lot of the merchandise are new things that were never shipped at volume before.
MyTripisCut
Never bought my own handtruck
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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You are mistaken.
Amazon Prime is $99/year (yes, the dollar makes a huge difference) with free same day delivery of over 1 million of the most commonly ordered items in certain metro areas.
http://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-prime-now-with-free-same-day-deliveries/
MyTripisCut
Never bought my own handtruck
Thanks Dave. Now if I change my withholdings on my pay stub two weeks before a vacation and put that dollar I to my 401 I can retire even earlier
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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They say that our choice of an avatar is a reflection of how we view ourselves.
Yours seems quite appropriate.
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