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eggplant

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5. All those companies HATE the last mile of shipping.

Reply to Plucketeer (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 02:18 PM

Dec 2016

It is the costliest and most labor intensive part. The shipping to the "fulfilment center" wouldn't be by air. (Of course, it'll be by a self-driving truck, but that's a separate issue.)

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