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Mackin USA

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City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« on: October 03, 2017, 07:48:04 PM »
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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2017, 07:56:44 PM »
Can't we just be done with it already and appoint Jeff Bezos the official Emperor of the United Colonies of Amazon and call it day?
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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2017, 08:00:17 PM »
That said, I needed to buy a car part yesterday and, failing to check out on two different websites for various reasons, I just searched on the part number, clicked on Amazon and two minutes later had the part on order, arriving tomorrow, free shipping.

How much freedom might I give up for a government that functioned that well?

And of course, Amazon runs like a government already, deficit spending in the vast majority of quarters.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmarkman/2017/05/23/the-amazon-era-no-profits-no-problem/#4021b82437ad
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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2017, 09:35:43 PM »
>car parts

I think car parts is one of Amazon's best product lines. I'd say I typically save 50% on semi-obscure parts (such as the interior driver's-side door mechanism for a 2008 Ford Fusion) versus a store in the bricks. And the bricks stores usually have to order it for next day pick-up at the sales counter. Screw that.
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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2017, 07:26:42 PM »
Emperor of the United Colonies of Amazon  ;D

Bow down and pay Homage or give LIKES on FB
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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2017, 12:27:35 PM »
SO NOW
Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS

Amazon.com Inc. is experimenting with a new delivery service intended to make more products available for free two-day delivery and relieve overcrowding in its warehouses, according to two people familiar with the plan, which will push the online retailer deeper into functions handled by longtime partners United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-05/amazon-is-said-to-test-own-delivery-service-to-rival-fedex-ups
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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2017, 12:32:53 PM »
Yeah, didn't they buy a freight airline already?

>FedEx and UPS

Don't forget USPS. I'd say 80% of my (almost daily) Amz deliveries are now by the postal service.  Debbie says that's not going to last, though, as my ultra-small survey of rural carriers says Amz isn't paying them enough in return for beating them to death.
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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2017, 12:46:52 PM »
>Amazon.com Inc. is experimenting with a new delivery service

More and more of my deliveries from Amazon have been coming from their Flex program: https://flex.amazon.com/. People use their own vehicles, go to the warehouse, load up, and make their deliveries. As they open more and more fulfillment centers and warehouses around the country they can probably cut out 80-90% of their reliance on standard delivery carriers. For the rural deliveries that don't make financial sense they will probably still keep using FedEx, UPS, and USPS but anything they can deliver themselves for less than they pay the carriers they will figure out a way to do themselves.

$18-25 per hour is pretty decent money for stuff like this. If a person were to drive for Uber, deliver for Uber Eats, pick up groceries for Shipt, and do deliveries for Amazon they will pretty much never run out of work.

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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2017, 12:55:34 PM »
Yes Amz has shifted from UPS to USPS big time. In return they get Saturday and even Sunday deliveries. In many cases UPS transports the parcel from the warehouse to the post office and USPS just handles the final destination delivery.

As a customer I'll take either of the above two over FedEx Home or Ground which always deliver on the wrong street or leave stuff out in the rain.
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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2017, 11:06:49 AM »
The Many Places Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Calls Home

The Amazon chief owns multiple properties, including more than 300,000 acres in Texas. In choosing a site for the company’s second headquarters, known as HQ2, will he seek a spot close to home?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-many-places-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-calls-home-1507204462?mod=e2fb
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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2017, 12:40:02 PM »
>will he seek a spot close to home?

Nah, I think they'll let him telecommute. 
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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2017, 05:41:03 AM »
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Re: City of Amazon proposed to attract company’s HQ2 to Georgia
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2017, 11:03:50 AM »
Amazon should diversify locations > imo

There is a RISK to being located in Seattle

http://geology.com/usgs/rainier/
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