Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries

Re:Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries by yangyang on Saturday April 26, 2014 @09:05AM (#7651240)

They've been doing this for quite a while ("Amazon Logistics") in London, UK. They have a depot in Croydon. Since late 2013, at least.

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Re:Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries by cjrp on Saturday April 26, 2014 @11:49AM (#7651760)

Is it a "proper" service though? The delivery guy always turns up in a rented van, makes me think they're just outsourcing it to a man in a van or something.

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Re:Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries by yangyang on Saturday April 26, 2014 @11:01PM (#7653731)

Yes it often looks like casual labour, occasionally we see someone from the depot though. They made a few mistakes at first, delivering to wrong address and leaving parcels in inappropriate places. They seem pretty much fine now.

They don't have the fancy tracking that some of the larger couriers have now (30-minute delivery windows etc) but they seem better than some of the super-cheap couriers (e.g. HDNL).

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Re:Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries by ihnorton on Saturday April 26, 2014 @10:21AM (#7651440)

In New England (US) too: "A1 Courier"

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