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Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx by MBCook on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @03:05PM (#12600335)
UPS/Fedex have to pick up and go anywhere.

Amazon only has to move things between their warehouses and consumers. 99% of pickups are at their warehouses. Hell if they use UPS/FedEx for returns then it's 100%.

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Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx by unit91 on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @03:32PM (#12600580)
Exactly. And Amazon doesn't even have to reach all of its customers. They can target high density areas, and use traditional shippers to deliver the rest.
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Re:Amazon’s Ambition to Compete Directly with UPS and FedEx by tracker1 on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @04:31PM (#12601103)
There's also the profit margins that UPS and FedEx have, which is probably not huge, but Amazon can edge those out as well.
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