Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by Kurtz79 on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @08:01AM
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Meanwhile, in Italy...
https://www.reuters.com/article/italy-poste-italiane-amazon/...
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by RandallBrown on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @10:57AM
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Wouldn't amazon just use the Swedish post office like they use the USPS in the US?
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by Rebelgecko on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @02:26PM
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At least where I live in the US, Amazon same and next day deliveries are usually through their in-house logistics service
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by Semaphor on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @02:42PM
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Amazon Germany delivers with DPD (for 1-2 day delivery) or Hermes (for 1-∞ days delivery)
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by RandallBrown on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @04:29PM
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Sure, where available, but if the Swedish postal service already offers 1 day delivery, it's not a competitive advantage to Swedish companies, assuming Amazon isn't barred from using it too.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by initium on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @05:01PM
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The swedish postal service is not known to be reliable, and is often joked about here in Sweden.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by SOLAR_FIELDS on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @05:19PM
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As an American who has come here, I gained an all new appreciation for USPS after dealing with PostNord. They really are infuriatingly bad sometimes.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by hef19898 on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @07:49AM
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Stunning to see what a little outside motivation can do, isn't it?
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by ams6110 on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @08:39AM
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Would be nice if it motivated Amazon in the states. I have Prime, and I get 2-day delivery times at best. Sometimes longer. I will not be renewing when it expires at the end of the year.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by prolikewh0a on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:13AM
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Peak US consumerism. Can't wait 2-3 days for a product that would've taken a week not 10-15 years ago, or maybe you had to drive/walk to the store.
I cancelled because I started to realize Amazon is hardly ever the cheapest price anymore, and most other companies now offer 2-3 day shipping for free. I order direct and support the actual company making the product instead of giving money to a monopoly with terrible ethics.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by mikestew on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @02:55PM
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Peak US consumerism.
It's not consumerism when when I pay US$119/year for the privilege. Then it becomes, "meet your SLA that I'm paying money for, assholes."
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by praneshp on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @03:16PM
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They are meeting what you'll get for $119.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by ilikehurdles on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @12:44PM
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I'll probably cancel as well. I don't use amazon for its music, tv shows, groceries, rentals, or any of the other stuff I never asked for when I signed up for prime. Two day delivery used to be a thing without prime, all you had to do was spend over a minimum on certain items. Then prime came and was always 2-day. Then it got more expensive and more lax about deliver windows, and then it did that a few more times. Meanwhile I have pretty much no faith in buying staples from amazon anymore because of fake reviews, fake listings, and counterfeit products. Even when buying more expensive or niche gear, you have to keep a careful eye on what you receive, as some suppliers will send an outdated model of the thing you're buying at the new model's price.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by plopz on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @10:26AM
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I think the logistics get a bit more difficult when dealing with 4m sq miles of the US vs the 200k sq miles of sweden.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by gadders on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:51AM
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Wow, it's like capitalism actually works.
Re:Sweden offers glimpse of a world without Amazon
by bepotts on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:58AM
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Yeah, all these people acting like Amazon is just some giant company that didn't earn its size due to customer service and convenience are just ridiculous.
Amazon entering a market is a huge deal and a net good for the consumer. I live in a city and between Amazon Prime, Amazon Fresh (I never have to go grocery shopping anymore), and Amazon Restaurants, Amazon is quickly becoming the only place I need to do all my shopping. All of this for a low price. They even have Wal-Mart looking at offering same to 2-day shipping.
It's ridiculous to say Amazon isn't some net good for a market.
That was actually a wake-up call for local web shops and the post office in Finland. The post office is now starting same-day deliveries so that local web stores would have an advantage over Amazon and other foreign web stores. Simply having a threat of Amazon is improving the situation here.
[1] https://metropolitan.fi/entry/amazon-finland-denmark-sweden-...