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Strange Delivery

shaggygirl — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 16:12:04 GMT

But then again maybe not. Saw a white van pull up in my driveway with a big $19.95 and some lettering on the side. Thought somebody was coming to do rug cleaning or something but at my house by mistake. It was a U-Haul van doing a delivery from Amazon. I asked the young guy if this was something new. He said it's just that the Amazon trucks haven't come in yet. Huh? I didn't question any further. Although Amazon is in the midst of building a humongo facility here in my town. But I don't think it's expected to be ready for occupancy till early next spring.

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Imaoldhippie — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 16:30:02 GMT

I know you can sub-contract with Amazon to make deliveries for them.

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dex — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 16:30:45 GMT

I read that amazon was starting up their pwn delivery service so that is probably what the driver was referring to.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 16:31:56 GMT

Our Amazon deliveries come in a white van with Enterprise printed on the side.

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Jasmine19 — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 16:32:42 GMT

Amazon is launching it's own nationwide delivery fleet soon. I guess the goal is to become bigger than UPS and FedEx.

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dex — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 16:37:41 GMT

@Jasmine19@I think amazon is becoming too amazon.I noticed they even offer housecleaning services.

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Jasmine19 — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 16:42:59 GMT

@dex wrote:
@Jasmine19@I think amazon is becoming too amazon.I noticed they even offer housecleaning services.

I know. It's getting scary!

Re: Strange Delivery

shaggygirl — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 17:06:42 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
Our Amazon deliveries come in a white van with Enterprise printed on the side.

Soooo, they're renting vans from different companies until they get their own fleet underway is what it sounds like.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 17:11:56 GMT

@shaggygirl wrote:
@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
Our Amazon deliveries come in a white van with Enterprise printed on the side.
Soooo, they're renting vans from different companies until they get their own fleet underway is what it sounds like.

@shaggygirl. That's what I think.

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bikerbabe — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 17:19:53 GMT

Having their own fleet would be nice. That way you know who is pulling into your driveway.

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Spurt — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 18:08:40 GMT

Gee and guess who Amazon is going to pass on all that cost to---the additional cost of employees--drivers (salaries,benefits etc) facility to house the trucks, all the overhead, maintenance for trucks, gas etc etc..... Id make sure to start comparison shopping....because Amazon's CEO thinks customers have been trained to think (I call it brain washing)that Amazon always has the lowest price and will order from them without comparison shopping.......And I bet Prime will go up again too

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MalteseMomma — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 18:38:37 GMT

Nothing anyone says can stop me from shopping AMAZON <3 They have been using white vans forever and if someone should happen to deliver from their car ,they are AWAYS wearing a vest. Easily identifiable <3

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Drythe — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 18:40:17 GMT

I know Amazon is experimenting with Drone delivery.

That WILL be a surprise.

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January121 — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 19:16:19 GMT

I think it’s a GREAT idea ..... FAST DELIVERY!!!!!!!

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chrystaltree — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 23:00:59 GMT

What was strange about the van? I can't think of the name of the rental company but there is one that has a big $19.99 on it; apparently the vans rent for $19.99 a day. Amazon is beefing up it's delivery fleet. I get drivers in the personal cars and some in Amazon cars.

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corita — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 23:08:18 GMT

I still get all my Amazon deliveries by way of FedEx, UPS or the post office. Love my Amazon!!!

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Montana — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 23:26:00 GMT

I hope there will be more oversight for the new endeavor than the current Amazon Local setup. All my Amazon delivery problems have been with the local service. USPS, FedEx and UPS no problems so far.

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puttypiesmom — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 00:28:15 GMT

I wouldn't mind it if the Amazon delivery service delivered my non-Amazon packages too. Wouldn't that be a hoot if they showed up at Qvc's loading dock ready to expertly deliver to us - a job that Qvc still cannot get right with their ridiculous ups/usps handoff and delays in delivery because the post office needs to scan stuff 4 times. Yes, 4 times before they'll send it out for delivery not to mention the additional delay from the handoff. There are no words to describe this stupidity that we must endure in 2018! Now if it happened in 1995/1996 that would be more understandable when online shopping was in its infancy.

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ID2 — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 10:42:14 GMT

When I lived in the city, Amazon would make their deliveries to me buy a guy driving a Jeep.

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shaggygirl — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 12:38:20 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
What was strange about the van? I can't think of the name of the rental company but there is one that has a big $19.99 on it; apparently the vans rent for $19.99 a day. Amazon is beefing up it's delivery fleet. I get drivers in the personal cars and some in Amazon cars.

It was strange TO ME because one of my sons orders A LOT from Amazon and his packages come here AT LEAST once every week and this was the first time the delivery wasn’t from either UPS or the US Mail. OKAY? And maybe it was $19.99 and not $19.95 as I said. Please excuse me if I was off 4 cents.