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The parent offered rural areas as an example of where it might not be profitable to deliver. Not a be-all-end-all analysis carving up profitable and non-profita
by ahelwer 6y ago
The parent offered rural areas as an example of where it might not be profitable to deliver. Not a be-all-end-all analysis carving up profitable and non-profitable areas.
- ogre_codes 6y agoWas meant as a simple example. I live in a rural area and get Amazon delivery too (though much of the volume I get is USPS). It could easily be self-selecting, Amazon puts out their own deliveries essentially the same way as Uber. They set rates for drivers and if they can't get drivers at the rates they set, they send the packages off to USPS. The result is more-or-less the same. Much as Uber drivers don't service unprofitable areas, Amazon's contractors don't either.