Get ready for Amazon's Prime Day - July 11th

[upschuck]

Remember 7/11. Is free slurpee day
Slurpee | 7-Eleven

I like slurpees.

 

[Big Package]

Is anything that people order at midnight going to arrive in time for preload? Does it depend if there's an amazon warehouse near you? I know they don't grab it off a shelf and air force it on over.. but just curious if I'm walking into work in the morning to find all hell broke loose.

I was told to expect and plan for overtime all week in preload and to expect to be called for 3.5-5h evening freight.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

It is usually just Amazon trying to clear out their warehouses of crap that they can't sell at slightly reduced prices. Unlikely to have many real bargains.

Free old sweaty dynamite for any of you guys who want it.

 

[DOK]

A little off topic, have you noticed the we're getting a ton of large packages coming through? Seems like more than normal recently.

 

[LeadBelly]

I was supposed to be in feeders this week. Bosses called everyone on vacation to see if anyone wanted to work. Bums me out.

In the local I work out of, you can't work a summer vacation. That's just not right.

 

[dookie stain]

Amazon day was brutal today...I watched tv...ate a large pizza...had a few beers

 

[Jackburton]

A little off topic, have you noticed the we're getting a ton of large packages coming through? Seems like more than normal recently.

Irregs have been a problem, chokes up the system and package cars.

 

[Brownslave688]

Irregs have been a problem, chokes up the system and package cars.

Wonder what happened to the huge fee we were charging for oversized stuff.


Just told Amazon that's ok that fee is for everyone else?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Amazon day was brutal today...I watched tv...ate a large pizza...had a few beers

No problem. I worked real slow when I was getting $53 an hour over time.

 

[Jackburton]

Wonder what happened to the huge fee we were charging for oversized stuff.


Just told Amazon that's ok that fee is for everyone else?

Yeah, was actually talking to a another driver about this the other day

 

[bottomups]

Guess Amazon is having a tough time getting their stuff delivered after Prime day.
Talked with an Amazon/Uber driver yesterday. At 8am they were offering $20/hr to peddle their packages. Offer went up to $40/hr at 10am. Then at noon the offer increased to $70/hr and he jumped in.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Guess Amazon is having a tough time getting their stuff delivered after Prime day.
Talked with an Amazon/Uber driver yesterday. At 8am they were offering $20/hr to peddle their packages. Offer went up to $40/hr at 10am. Then at noon the offer increased to $70/hr and he jumped in.

BS

 

[LongIslandNewbie]

I delivered over 200 amazon boxes Wednesday . So much for being back at 8pm, try more like 9:40.

 

[TearsInRain]

A little off topic, have you noticed the we're getting a ton of large packages coming through? Seems like more than normal recently.

amazon opened up some irreg sorts near some of our hub buildings; its catastrophic atm

 

[Johney]

No problem. I worked real slow when I was getting $53 an hour over time.

So....your normal pace?

 

[Johney]

. So much for being back at 8pm, try more like 9:40.

Just be glad you're not in Orlando, one of our feeder guys said that all week there was a steady line of p/c guys coming through the gate after 10:30. Maybe Autozone is one of them.

 

[Big Package]

Had 3 trailers left at 9am. Started at 2am. We were slated for 19k (12-14k average) and then got two package cars and two more trailers thrown at us. They were all irregs and over 100s. I've never seen so much stuff stacked outside cars. Not even the past few seasonal gigs. Drivers are just now leaving and there was a trailer of bags drivers were scanning. Holy moly guacamole!

 

[Jkloc420]

Had 3 trailers left at 9am. Started at 2am. We were slated for 19k (12-14k average) and then got two package cars and two more trailers thrown at us. They were all irregs and over 100s. I've never seen so much stuff stacked outside cars. Not even the past few seasonal gigs. Drivers are just now leaving and there was a trailer of bags drivers were scanning. Holy moly guacamole!

r u on the west coast

 

[Big Package]

Yeah.

 

[Brownslave688]

Guess Amazon is having a tough time getting their stuff delivered after Prime day.
Talked with an Amazon/Uber driver yesterday. At 8am they were offering $20/hr to peddle their packages. Offer went up to $40/hr at 10am. Then at noon the offer increased to $70/hr and he jumped in.

Wait til peak season.