Yeah, but it also seems like Amazon owns the van leases, owns the repair/maintenance contract, and specifies most of the policies/operations, so there are very

Yeah, but it also seems like Amazon owns the van leases, owns the repair/maintenance contract, and specifies most of the policies/operations, so there are very few parameters for cost management. It's not like they're contracting with a truly independent courier/delivery company. So Amazon offloads the risks (or even profits by them in the case of vehicle repairs) and leaves a sucker holding the bag. Obviously "business owners" should figure this out before committing to anything but the whole thing seems remarkably scummy in the "you shouldn't have taken a job in the coal mine since you knew company-store food prices exceed wages" sense