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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 3850757" data-attributes="member: 60252"><p>Makes me wonder. With Amazon's ADP similarities to ground, might it not make sense for Bezos to think about purchase of fedex ground more than Express? You would need to know where the most dollars are spent, and the most can be saved- on the cross-country travel by air for 2-day guarantees, or by ensuring the final delivery miles are accomplished on schedule. Fedex seems to handle the overnight stuff better than they do the ground stuff. Plus it would be cheaper to set up ground operations if contractors are absorbing the upfront costs. I can't imagine contractors with cargo planes waiting to sign up with Amazon, meaning a huge upfront investment in air cargo facilities and sorting equipment.</p><p></p><p>I still see ADPs doing pickups from smaller local manufacturers/suppliers on their way back from doing purely/mostly residential deliveries from Amazon's local distribution centers. I don't think Bezos is even close to being ready to compete for B@B deliveries/pickups.</p><p></p><p>If fedex had stuck with HD being totally residential and in their own faciliities, Amazon buying HD would have been a natural for delivery of Amazon goods.</p><p></p><p>And being an Amazon ADP would be better than being a Ground ISP simply because of simply doing deliveries to residential is easier than business deliveries with bulk, weight, and wait.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 3850757, member: 60252"] Makes me wonder. With Amazon's ADP similarities to ground, might it not make sense for Bezos to think about purchase of fedex ground more than Express? You would need to know where the most dollars are spent, and the most can be saved- on the cross-country travel by air for 2-day guarantees, or by ensuring the final delivery miles are accomplished on schedule. Fedex seems to handle the overnight stuff better than they do the ground stuff. Plus it would be cheaper to set up ground operations if contractors are absorbing the upfront costs. I can't imagine contractors with cargo planes waiting to sign up with Amazon, meaning a huge upfront investment in air cargo facilities and sorting equipment. I still see ADPs doing pickups from smaller local manufacturers/suppliers on their way back from doing purely/mostly residential deliveries from Amazon's local distribution centers. I don't think Bezos is even close to being ready to compete for B@B deliveries/pickups. If fedex had stuck with HD being totally residential and in their own faciliities, Amazon buying HD would have been a natural for delivery of Amazon goods. And being an Amazon ADP would be better than being a Ground ISP simply because of simply doing deliveries to residential is easier than business deliveries with bulk, weight, and wait. [/QUOTE]
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