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>And what's the biggest issue: as a consumer, you do not have a choice when it comes to shipping - I'd gladly pay 1€ more a package if that would ensure that th

>And what's the biggest issue: as a consumer, you do not have a choice when it comes to shipping - I'd gladly pay 1€ more a package if that would ensure that the delivery of my parcel is at least not outright exploitation, but Amazon (or any other web shop, food delivery service or whatever) do not offer this option, and are thus limiting the consumer power over where to shop based on moral ground. i see this claimed very often by the same people that laud the free market. realize the irony: if ethically sourced good were desired then Amazon would indeed offer this option. in fact they are a luxury good (read: small minority) and so to first approximation you're the only person that wants this.

zdragnar 8y ago
Amazon doesn't give me an option for who ships packages I order from them. It's a fairly round-robin distribution of fedex, ups and usps to where I live out in the sticks. If there was an option to pick your carrier, with say a list like such: * USPS * Fedex * UPS * Amazon Logistics * DHL * Living Wages Carrier Inc I could then direct my money to go towards the companies I favor. That would be a free(er) market, so to speak. There's no irony involved here. Then again, I'd probably just pick UPS anyway, since Amazon doesn't have delivery drivers that come out this way.
- masonic 8y ago
  You, knowing these effects, have the option of not buying it on Amazon in the first place
  - mschuster91 8y ago
    Not really, Amazon having crushed many brick-andmortar stores...
    - masonic 8y ago
      Yes; now, think carefully exactly how that happened.
- late2part 8y ago
  My understanding is that the shipper selects the carriers based on source location of goods, shipping charges/costs, and time of readiness/pickup
- magduf 8y ago
  Whatever you do, don't pick Lazership!!!
specialist 8y ago
"... if ethically sourced good were desired then Amazon would indeed offer this option." How many customers desire fraudulent, counterfeit products?

zdragnar 8y ago

Amazon doesn't give me an option for who ships packages I order from them. It's a fairly round-robin distribution of fedex, ups and usps to where I live out in the sticks. If there was an option to pick your carrier, with say a list like such: * USPS * Fedex * UPS * Amazon Logistics * DHL * Living Wages Carrier Inc I could then direct my money to go towards the companies I favor. That would be a free(er) market, so to speak. There's no irony involved here. Then again, I'd probably just pick UPS anyway, since Amazon doesn't have delivery drivers that come out this way.

masonic 8y ago
You, knowing these effects, have the option of not buying it on Amazon in the first place
- mschuster91 8y ago
  Not really, Amazon having crushed many brick-andmortar stores...
  - masonic 8y ago
    Yes; now, think carefully exactly how that happened.
late2part 8y ago
My understanding is that the shipper selects the carriers based on source location of goods, shipping charges/costs, and time of readiness/pickup
magduf 8y ago
Whatever you do, don't pick Lazership!!!

specialist 8y ago

"... if ethically sourced good were desired then Amazon would indeed offer this option." How many customers desire fraudulent, counterfeit products?