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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 3628996" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>Not hard to see what Bezos is thinking. Simply by making you get your own DOT operating authority he thinks that alone will overcome any legal challenges and still enable him to call you an "independent contractor" while maintaining a level of command and control that equals and or exceeds what Fat Freddy has over his so called 'independent service providers".</p><p>Keep in mind also that Amazon to their credit makes it crystal clear that creating profit for contractors is a distant second to the drastic reduction in shipping costs.A couple of other facts that are surprising is that you'll lease Amazon specification vehicles but who's going to hold the title on them ? Obviously Amazon and while you pay all operating costs and have your authority numbers on them you can't haul anything other than Z boxes with them.</p><p>In addition there's no mention of protected territories proprietary rights or good will along with the fact that you have to drive to the Amazon hub to pick up your load big or small. Conceivably you could drive 50 miles in the morning load up drive back and by that time you're entire morning could be already shot </p><p>before you make your first delivery.</p><p>The more information that is being trickled out the less attractive the deal looks and the more obvious it becomes that all your doing is doing Bezos a huge favor in addition to the fact that this thing looks ever more like a class action attorney's dream come true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 3628996, member: 58386"] Not hard to see what Bezos is thinking. Simply by making you get your own DOT operating authority he thinks that alone will overcome any legal challenges and still enable him to call you an "independent contractor" while maintaining a level of command and control that equals and or exceeds what Fat Freddy has over his so called 'independent service providers". Keep in mind also that Amazon to their credit makes it crystal clear that creating profit for contractors is a distant second to the drastic reduction in shipping costs.A couple of other facts that are surprising is that you'll lease Amazon specification vehicles but who's going to hold the title on them ? Obviously Amazon and while you pay all operating costs and have your authority numbers on them you can't haul anything other than Z boxes with them. In addition there's no mention of protected territories proprietary rights or good will along with the fact that you have to drive to the Amazon hub to pick up your load big or small. Conceivably you could drive 50 miles in the morning load up drive back and by that time you're entire morning could be already shot before you make your first delivery. The more information that is being trickled out the less attractive the deal looks and the more obvious it becomes that all your doing is doing Bezos a huge favor in addition to the fact that this thing looks ever more like a class action attorney's dream come true. [/QUOTE]
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