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Re:Walmart announces next-day delivery, firing back at Amazon by bluGill on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:45AM (#19910001)
John Deere already does that for common parts. They put a shelf in the farmer's shed with oil, filters, belts... and the farmer takes out what is needed. Once a week the dealer comes by and refills whatever is missing, and once a month sends a bill. No need for any of the scanning as you take it out: you are the only one with access to the cabinet so if it is missing you bought it.
Re:Walmart announces next-day delivery, firing back at Amazon by sib on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @11:23AM (#19910413)
So... it's like a hotel minibar for tractor parts. Great idea! (Hopefully the pricing is less outrageous.)
Re:Walmart announces next-day delivery, firing back at Amazon by octocode on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:14AM (#19920191)
TIL, thats pretty cool and makes a lot of sense. I used to work at a mine and we'd break expensive parts all the time, the supplier would have to ship them in from halfway across the world. They should really do something like that.