Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage

Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by tedmcory77 on Friday May 17, 2019 @06:35PM (#19944267)

I’m honestly surprised Amazon hasnt bought Flexport. They seem to “get” how things should work.

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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by austenallred on Saturday May 18, 2019 @02:00AM (#19945925)

Flexport wouldn’t sell to Amazon

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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by SomeOldThrow on Friday May 17, 2019 @07:18PM (#19944497)

> They seem to “get” how things should work.

What makes you say that?

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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by jquery on Friday May 17, 2019 @10:19PM (#19945196)

They’re like Uber for Freight?

They even have a website that’s a tongue-in-cheek reference to this: https://www.uberfreight.com/

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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by FTA on Friday May 17, 2019 @10:40PM (#19945260)

That website actually looks to be run by Uber, not Flexport.

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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by jypepin on Saturday May 18, 2019 @07:23AM (#19946816)

Uber Freight, is... Uber, not Flexport.

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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by SomeOldThrow on Friday May 17, 2019 @11:25PM (#19945401)

What part of uber do you perceive they emulate? Why isn’t amazon just buying Uber if it’s so desirable?

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Re:Amazon Jumps into Freight Brokerage by jquery on Saturday May 18, 2019 @01:04AM (#19945768)

I was talking about Flexport, not Amazon.

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