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Re:Wal-Mart Plans to Test Grocery Delivery Through Uber, Lyft by drglitch on Friday June 03, 2016 @08:28AM (#11829897)
Call me old fashioned but I still would trust UPS/FedEx more with my packages - as opposed to contracted amateurs. Granted, last mile delivery is always a challenge...

How long until you can get a freight van through uber's subprime leasing program?

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Re:Wal-Mart Plans to Test Grocery Delivery Through Uber, Lyft by BostonEnginerd on Monday June 06, 2016 @06:05AM (#11845620)
FedEx used to operate like that - the drivers were private contactors who had to buy their own equipment:

https://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/04/02/8565/fedex-fails-...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2015/06/16/fedex-sett...

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Re:Wal-Mart Plans to Test Grocery Delivery Through Uber, Lyft by samdb on Friday June 03, 2016 @09:07AM (#11830079)
In the UK we have Yodel, which is essentially 'contracted amateurs' delivering in their own vehicles.
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Re:Wal-Mart Plans to Test Grocery Delivery Through Uber, Lyft by awqrre on Friday June 03, 2016 @08:31AM (#11829906)
I'd be ok with it if the package had a security seal on it...
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Re:Wal-Mart Plans to Test Grocery Delivery Through Uber, Lyft by lujim on Friday June 03, 2016 @08:32AM (#11829914)
Agreed, but to be fair that was how I felt about having Uber driving me around when I first heard about it a few years ago.
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Re:Wal-Mart Plans to Test Grocery Delivery Through Uber, Lyft by pigeons on Saturday June 04, 2016 @05:45PM (#11838244)
And that's why I don't use Uber, their drivers are much less professional (smoking, loud music, don't know the area, poor driving skills) than taxi drivers.
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