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> You are not likely the person they will be targeting to make deliveries. A lot of their customers barely make ends meet, if at all. Assuming they make a deliv
by w1ntermute 14y ago
> You are not likely the person they will be targeting to make deliveries. A lot of their customers barely make ends meet, if at all. Assuming they make a delivery close to their current residence, getting their gas paid for round trip to walmart, even if only a few dollars is a huge amount of money to them.
The problem with this is that the Walmart customers who "barely make ends meet" are not that likely to live near the Walmart customers who would pay for this service. It might work in urban areas (where there is less physical separation between socioeconomic classes), but Walmart isn't as prevalent in such places, not to mention the urban poor often don't have cars anyway.
For example, I know that I would be willing to pay for this service. But there is no one anywhere near my residence who would be willing to do this for the money.
- joshuacc 14y agoAs someone originally from a very rural state, it's actually quite common for the poor and the well-to-do to live pretty close together, especially near highways, so the logistics makes sense.
- wtvanhest 14y agoYeap, exactly. I used to live in Orlando, FL. People in lower income neighborhoods live 100 meters from high income neighborhoods. Additionally, you should not rule out low income people delivering to other low income people.