We definitely want more money in the driver's pockets! With the 21% YoY profit increase reported by Amazon yesterday, I'd ask why they're not simply putting that incremental $50B into their driver's pockets? And with growth percentages that astronomical, they actually could be putting money back into their customers pockets too!
Amazon drivers are not employed by Amazon; they are employed by a vendor. Amazon could raise what they pay their contract delivery companies and set a higher minimum wage for drivers, howver. Right now, $15 is the point the delivery companies can pay and make a profit.
You know you can shop there without being a Prime member, right?
It's not like Costco
You can shop at Costco without a membership. Just give someone a Costco Gift card and they can shop and pay with cash or debit card for any amount over it. I've given my kids a number of $20 GC so they can do that without having to go with me.
Putting this into perspective, Amazon grabbed $46B in profit per their report yesterday. Shave 1% off that 46B and put it directly into their driver's pockets -- their drivers are now making 17% more wages. Or they could put some of that back in the customer's pockets. There are indeed different levels of profiteering and Bezos is the worst. Fact.
In the uS, Amazon's blue vans are not owned by Amazon, they're a company contracting to Amazon. Amazon pays them and they takeon all the risks of missed deliveries, lost packages, accidents, etc. Right now, $15 is the point AMZ requires and pretty much what can be paid and be profitable until AMZ raises what they pay delivery companies.
AMZ has a stranglehold on their contract delivery companies, and IMHO, went to this model from teh old 2 big contracts country wide so they have the negotiating power.
If you see an AMZ delivery in a white van it may simply be overflow or the delivery company contracting with other shippers, which means they can't use the blue vans for that purpose.
As long as the last mile is the most expensive part of delivery Amazon il off load the risk to contract companies. Once they figure that out they'll take it over as well; just like they are doing with Amazon Air.
Don’t need the NFL, time for prime to be in parts… fast deliver 99$, add on movies and music 119$, NFL, 1x..
Except bundling doesn't work like like that. Bundles work because people want several times in the bundle, and companies are able to spread costs across the bundle. A stand alone option might not be profitable enough to warrant offering it but brings in enough subscribers that make the bundle more profitable than a la carte offerings.
It'd be the current bundle or $99 for delivery, $40 for Prime Video, etc. Look what happened when cable unbundled. Buying the same set of services costs more than the old bundle.
Unlimited full-resolution photos is the only service we can’t replace at a lower cost.
I forgot about that. I have over 250 GB stored in mine. Although my Office365 gives me 5 1B accounts so I have them tehre as well. Backups are important.
