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Amazon says it's drones will be as common as seeing a mail truck
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<blockquote data-quote="werenotthepostoffice" data-source="post: 1953770" data-attributes="member: 59155"><p>This started with the story on 60 Minutes. Amazon could never buy that kind of exposure with advertising so the duped CBS into believing this was a "news" story when it was a well played publicity stunt. Squawk Box was hilarious for about a week after the story ran as the business community saw the story as what it really was.</p><p></p><p>That said,Amazon may be able to use drones to replace Surepost but that is all. How many multiple piece deliveries do you have from Amazon on a daily basis? How many pieces do you see that are over 5 pounds? None of those shipments will be available for drone delivery.</p><p></p><p>OK,they are setting up their own delivery network using private vehicles and considering the driver as "sub-contractors". FedEx is doing this right now and are repeatedly losing court battles.The courts are consistently ruling in favor of the plaintiffs that sub-contractors are,in fact,employees. Ramifications? A driver delivering an Amazon package has an accident and they are sued. The injured person sues Amazon and the driver. The driver will be dropped from the suit due to limits of their insurance and the lawyers will go after Amazon because they have money.</p><p></p><p>How many lawsuits before Amazon pulls the plug?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Amazon needs us,UPS and FedEx,more than ever before if they want to continue their growth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="werenotthepostoffice, post: 1953770, member: 59155"] This started with the story on 60 Minutes. Amazon could never buy that kind of exposure with advertising so the duped CBS into believing this was a "news" story when it was a well played publicity stunt. Squawk Box was hilarious for about a week after the story ran as the business community saw the story as what it really was. That said,Amazon may be able to use drones to replace Surepost but that is all. How many multiple piece deliveries do you have from Amazon on a daily basis? How many pieces do you see that are over 5 pounds? None of those shipments will be available for drone delivery. OK,they are setting up their own delivery network using private vehicles and considering the driver as "sub-contractors". FedEx is doing this right now and are repeatedly losing court battles.The courts are consistently ruling in favor of the plaintiffs that sub-contractors are,in fact,employees. Ramifications? A driver delivering an Amazon package has an accident and they are sued. The injured person sues Amazon and the driver. The driver will be dropped from the suit due to limits of their insurance and the lawyers will go after Amazon because they have money. How many lawsuits before Amazon pulls the plug? Amazon needs us,UPS and FedEx,more than ever before if they want to continue their growth. [/QUOTE]
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