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> I don't see how Amazon can do it cheaper (cost-wise)/better than UPS or Fedex, who have been optimizing for 50 years. Amazon is looking at hitting the low ha
by BinaryIdiot 10y ago
> I don't see how Amazon can do it cheaper (cost-wise)/better than UPS or Fedex, who have been optimizing for 50 years.
Amazon is looking at hitting the low hanging fruit first. Where they can ship large amounts of times from point A to point B then have USPS or their own carriers deliver. They're not trying to compete with UPS or FedEx today. Maybe some day in the future but that's years off at best.
If they can do their own shipping for certain items to certain locations (especially if they need to move an item to another state before having UPS / FedEx / USPS ship it) they can likely save some money.