Re:Amazon’s Next-Day Delivery System Has Brought Chaos to Am...
by ryanmarsh on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @02:07PM
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This should be the top comment. Every time I think having a package delivered to my door would be more costly I take a minute and do the math.
Amazon operates two fulfillment centers in my city. Target has something like 30 stores.
If I get in my car and drive 3 miles to buy some aftershave, how is that more efficient than a truck with 500 individual items, distributing them from house to house, sometimes driving no more than a few hundred feet between drops?
Maybe we should make it illegal to drive to the store for anything, and have people use delivery services because of the reduced environmental impact.
Amazon operates two fulfillment centers in my city. Target has something like 30 stores.
If I get in my car and drive 3 miles to buy some aftershave, how is that more efficient than a truck with 500 individual items, distributing them from house to house, sometimes driving no more than a few hundred feet between drops?
Maybe we should make it illegal to drive to the store for anything, and have people use delivery services because of the reduced environmental impact.