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>> How do you propose Amazon ship their products? Rail? > That would be wonderful. Given the number of prime subscribers, most of the US disagrees with you. 2
by nordsieck 7y ago
>> How do you propose Amazon ship their products? Rail?
> That would be wonderful.
Given the number of prime subscribers, most of the US disagrees with you. 2 day shipping is simply not going to happen on rail.
- briffle 7y ago2 day shipping is cost effective to amazon when most goods are near the customer. 2 day shipping cross country is much different than driving the amazon truck to the nearest post office distribution center for local delivery. They need to get those goods that are most common to most of their warehouses.
- nordsieck 7y ago> 2 day shipping is cost effective to amazon when most goods are near the customer. This is true. However, Amazon wants "2 day shipping" to be 2 day shipping, not probably 2 day shipping, which means they need to deal with the long tail of orders. And for that, you need airplanes.