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JustABozoOnThisBus

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9. Many Amazon items, there's no choice as to delivery.

Reply to MarcA (Reply #6)

Thu Sep 5, 2019, 03:17 PM

Sep 2019

Fast. Safe. Pick one.

Nope, that is not an option.

You click "buy", you better start walking toward your porch.

I wish "Slow and safe" was a delivery option.

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The Human Cost of Amazon's Fast, Free Shipping (NYT) [View all] dalton99a Sep 2019 OP

Remember when Dominos dropped its "30 Minutes or its Free" promise? Coventina Sep 2019 #1

A Jimmy Johns delivery driver was killed in Seattle on a rainy night. LisaM Sep 2019 #2

I think (this is guessing on my part, I admit that) Amazon is trying to lessen the last advantage Coventina Sep 2019 #4

But being able to buy something off the shelf doesn't carry the other issues. LisaM Sep 2019 #8

I know what you mean. I spent part of my summer in a tiny town with just a general store. Coventina Sep 2019 #11

Question. Is Macy's,for example,responsible virgogal Sep 2019 #3

There are critical differences between the two models. Coventina Sep 2019 #5

Yes - they seem to have no workplace protection and I know they are under pressure. LisaM Sep 2019 #7

Thank you..that explains it for me.😀 virgogal Sep 2019 #10

People should stop using Amazon or at least its sudden free delivery service MarcA Sep 2019 #6

Many Amazon items, there's no choice as to delivery. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2019 #9