Amazon starts Sunday delivery with US Postal Service

[Nolimitz]

be interesting to see how this works out!

Amazon.com unveiled a new partnership with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver online orders from the world's largest Internet retailer on Sunday for the first time.

Amazon starts Sunday delivery with US Postal Service

 

[Glorifiedpackmule]

Good lord. Just one more thing for Fred and the boys to get involved in at some point. I can just hear it now..Hey btw were changing you're route to Wed-Sun. Enjoy!

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Good lord. Just one more thing for Fred and the boys to get involved in at some point. I can just hear it now..Hey btw were changing you're route to Wed-Sun. Enjoy!

It's coming----may not be this year or in the next 5 but it is coming and, of course, whatever you guys do we have to copy and vice versa. Our contract already has provisions for an alternate work schedule.

 

[!Retired!]

If Amazon charges extra for Sunday delivery, they will abandon this pretty quickly. We has Sunday delivery when I was still back in NY. Didn't work then, won't work now. Since Christmas is on a Wednesday, customers won't pay the extra money for Sunday delivery.....they don't need to.

My wife has joint custody with the kids. If we don't have the kids a certain weekend, I'll work Sunday. It'll be the easiest money I'll make all year.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Sunday will be treated like any other delivery day----free for Prime members and the standard shipping rate for all others. The Post Office will use flex employees to minimize their labor costs.

 

[STFXG]

Bring on Sundays! Ground, HD and Express should all be 7 day service. The customers WANT it! Let's do this!

 

[MAKAVELI]

Bring on Sundays! Ground, HD and Express should all be 7 day service. The customers WANT it! Let's do this!

Sunday's are for football not for work. This is where I draw the line.

 

[STFXG]

Sunday's are for football not for work. This is where I draw the line.

I agree. I would just be collecting checks.

 

[bbsam]

I agree. I would just be collecting checks.

I agree. Of course that's all I do anyway.

 

[hypo hanna]

Let me see if I have this. Just a month ago the postal service asked congress if they could suspend service since it was not profitable enough and now they want to do Sunday service for a single shipper? Sounds like a winner!

 

[PigSkin]

Sunday's are for football not for work. This is where I draw the line.

Best post I've ever read here!!

 

[PigSkin]

Hopefully Amazon dumps UPS.

 

[purplesky]

Let me see if I have this. Just a month ago the postal service asked congress if they could suspend service since it was not profitable enough and now they want to do Sunday service for a single shipper? Sounds like a winner!

Yes its very strange. The USPS is losing billions every year. So are taxpayers now expected to subsidize Amazons Sunday delivery mail service? Awesome!

 

[Just Numbers]

Sunday will be treated like any other delivery day----free for Prime members and the standard shipping rate for all others. The Post Office will use flex employees to minimize their labor costs.

So they will deliver on Sunday but, want to cut out Saturday...what a trade off!

 

[Mr. 7]

The USPS lost something like $18B last year and is looking to lose something around $8B this year.
Our taxes pay for the USPS. How do they "take on" this deal and take money from Amazon? That money should go back to us.

 

[texan]

The USPS lost something like $18B last year and is looking to lose something around $8B this year.
Our taxes pay for the USPS. How do they "take on" this deal and take money from Amazon? That money should go back to us.

I was wondering the same thing!

Overtime for the postal worker?

Is Amazon paying all cost of this, or is this another negative draw on this failing
Goverment run buisness, only for hype?

 

[!Retired!]

Sunday will be treated like any other delivery day----free for Prime members and the standard shipping rate for all others. The Post Office will use flex employees to minimize their labor costs.

Sorry,I didn't read the article before posting.

Yes its very strange. The USPS is losing billions every year. So are taxpayers now expected to subsidize Amazons Sunday delivery mail service? Awesome!

The PO is the only delivery company I know of that loses money. Oh wait, it's run by the government....makes sense now.

 

[Nolimitz]

Just got a fedex "smart post" pkg. from USPS today that had been in town since Sat. last week. Bet Amazon gets hosed big time on this deal.

 

[bbsam]

Just got a fedex "smart post" pkg. from USPS today that had been in town since Sat. last week. Bet Amazon gets hosed big time on this deal.

Why? It's dirt cheap shipping. And did you call and wait for 20 minutes to compain to a customer service rep? Of course not. Practically nobody does. People are coming to see it as "normal".

 

[Nolimitz]

Why? It's dirt cheap shipping. And did you call and wait for 20 minutes to compain to a customer service rep? Of course not. Practically nobody does. People are coming to see it as "normal".

This was the first "smart post" pkg. I have ever got. It was not time critical to me and I wanted to wait to see how long it would take for the Po to deliver so no I did not call to complain or whine. My point is if the PO is that slow with everyday stuff, how will they ever manage 2 day del commits on a freaking Sunday?