Re:Amazon knew seller data was used to boost company sales
by black_puppydog on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:26AM
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That last bit is an "innovation" I would (and have, when I could) pay many for to avoid.
My mailman knows where I live, can enter the building with a key and knows my door.
Amazon contractors keep calling me an hour ahead "will I be there?" then can't deliver the parcel to a nearby post office when I'm not. Over the last year of work-from-home this wasn't much of an issue but when you have a regular office job it can take a few days to get that parcel.
Not any more, USPS was only used for shipping anyway.
Amazon has shifted to vertical integration wherever they can - they run everything they can, from air freight (with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Air) over their infamous warehouses to last-mile delivery with either in-house staff or "contractor" schemes set up to avoid labor regulations.