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| From | owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: amazon efficiency |
| Date | 2018-04-03 16:07 +0000 |
| Organization | O.W.L. |
| Message-ID | <800q.gao3@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | <f9a0b803.ubq@rooftop.invalid> <pa07j30140a@news1.newsguy.com> |
F. Russell <fr@random.info> wrote: > On Tue, 03 Apr 2018 14:32:18 +0000, owl wrote: > >> >> That facility >> is 52 minutes from my house. >> > > 52 minutes translates into about 100 miles round trip. > > Because most likely you are a suburban jackass that drives an SUV > or pickup truck, that 100 miles will translate into about $25.00 > of gasoline. > It's 52 minutes away at this moment. > What was the cost of the Amazon freight? > About 5 bucks, I believe. > But Amazon cannot necessarily be blamed. Their shipping contractors > are responsible for the deliveries. > It's amazon's delivery chain. Bezos is responsible. > It is not uncommon for packages to be stuck for weeks, months, or > forever at a US Postal regional center and Amazon's suppliers use > the USPS a lot. > Nobody said it was "stuck." They said it got misdirected. Probably some crackhead robot working the line. And you can't blame the USPS with Amazon cheating them out of so much money. If amazon paid their fair share we wouldn't have these problems. > I ordered a product that became stuck for several weeks. After > contacting the supplier I was sent a replacement product at no > cost. Then, after about 2 months, the original shipment finally > arrived. I got two products for the price of one. > > Another time I ordered a memory stick. The human packer at the > distribution plant must have gotten distracted because he placed > TWO memory sticks in the box. These were relatively expensive > memory sticks. > I ordered some ram from IBM once, back in the early nineties. An 18-wheeler rolled up in front of my house and the driver got out and brought me my little box. That's service, baby.
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amazon efficiency owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-04-03 14:32 +0000
Clearly owl likes to blame other people, including Amazon, for the rodent's failures in life Simon bar Sinister <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2018-04-03 07:46 -0700
Re: Clearly owl likes to blame other people, including Amazon, for the rodent's failures in life owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-04-03 15:11 +0000
Re: Clearly owl likes to blame other people, including Amazon, for the rodent's failures in life Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-03 19:57 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-04-03 08:05 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-04-03 15:18 +0000
Re: amazon efficiency Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-04-03 08:25 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-04-03 11:03 -0400
Re: amazon efficiency owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-04-04 02:31 +0000
Re: amazon efficiency "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-04-03 15:45 +0000
Re: amazon efficiency owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2018-04-03 16:07 +0000
Re: amazon efficiency Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-04-04 04:54 -0400
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-04 02:35 -0700
WalMart can't compete, its customers aren't as literate. Jeff-Relf.Me @. - 2018-04-03 08:53 -0700
Re: WalMart can't compete, its customers aren't as literate. benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2018-04-03 14:29 -0400
ASUS ROG AC5300 Router, Quad Core CPU, 8 LAN Ports. Jeff-Relf.Me @. - 2018-04-03 16:31 -0700
Re: ASUS ROG AC5300 Router, Quad Core CPU, 8 LAN Ports. Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-04-03 23:33 +0000
Re: amazon efficiency RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-04-09 15:46 +0000
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-09 09:17 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-09 11:53 -0500
Re: amazon efficiency RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-04-09 23:10 +0000
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-10 01:02 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-10 14:55 -0500
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-10 22:08 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-11 07:31 -0500
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-11 07:44 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-04-11 06:14 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-11 09:47 -0500
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-11 08:00 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2018-04-11 17:12 +0200
Re: amazon efficiency Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-04-11 08:19 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-04-11 09:07 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-04-11 09:29 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-04-11 09:45 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-04-11 10:05 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-04-11 11:41 -0500
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-11 09:50 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-04-11 09:54 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-12 02:40 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2018-04-12 05:32 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-12 05:48 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-04-11 17:10 +0000
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-11 09:19 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-10 06:28 -0700
Re: amazon efficiency Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-11 04:22 -0700
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