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1,458 94 July 21, 2015 at 07:08 PM in Autos
As of August 1, 2015
UPS will no longer partner with Amazon
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08-01-2015 at 04:22 AM.
08-01-2015 at 04:22 AM.
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wait...who are you? Confused


whoa, that's cool. I didn't know that you could have multiple accounts.
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Zoe Moon
08-01-2015 at 08:41 AM.
08-01-2015 at 08:41 AM.
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A couple of my tracking numbers recently have been listed as Carrier: AMZL_US. They have been delivering in white vans and have green vests on. They must be starting to use their own delivery service. Seems similar to Lasership.
It's not a specific company, the AMZL_US just means whoever Amazon set up locally (thus AMZ and L for local) as a contracted delivery service for your area. I'm near Seattle, here it's usually a white van but with various company names on the vans, the drivers sometimes have a uniform on but not all do, and sometimes it's just some random dude in a car. The latter seems to happen a lot on weekend deliveries. I don't care who gets it here or how, just happy they get the boxes here on time.

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Quote from Jimx7 :
No I feel just fine.
Amazon is kissing UPS ass for now.
Looks like 3 to 4 more weeks.
UPS keeps everything they can hush hush.
See you in 4 weeks.
wait...who are you? Confused
He's that formerly banned member, you know who I'm talking about. The dude that got paralyzed/killed a man in Reno just to watch him die/owns the interwebz/etc.
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08-01-2015 at 11:11 AM.
08-01-2015 at 11:11 AM.
Amazon Prime Benefits Changed, Aug 01
(Heads Up) Amazon just updated their Prime Benefits.

Before: Share membership with up to four additional household members
After: Can only be shared between the two adults in a household
Existing shared members: Once removed, cannot add back if over 2
New members: can only share one more
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finzz2dlft
08-01-2015 at 06:01 PM.
08-01-2015 at 06:01 PM.
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whoa, that's cool. I didn't know that you could have multiple accounts.
You can't Nono

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He's that formerly banned member, you know who I'm talking about. The dude that got paralyzed/killed a man in Reno just to watch him die/owns the interwebz/etc.


Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! That guy!! Woot
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08-01-2015 at 07:10 PM.
08-01-2015 at 07:10 PM.
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You can't Nono

HaHa!


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08-01-2015 at 07:20 PM.
08-01-2015 at 07:20 PM.
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Just wait until August 1st.

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jeepdog
08-02-2015 at 10:21 AM.
08-02-2015 at 10:21 AM.
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3 days left all you Prime accounts

And no I am not Katlyn Jenner
So???
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SpartanOneX
08-02-2015 at 10:52 AM.
08-02-2015 at 10:52 AM.
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Amazon is about 11% of UPS business.
They are losing money on every package they deliver.
Amazon pays about $1 per package to UPS
The average cost to UPS is about $1.14
When you factor in salary, gas,vehicle
Believe me folks this is happening real soon




Like they would tell you.
First off, you work for UPS? This stuff is not in the financial reports, why? Its company secret. If this was public, FedEx would gain a competative advantage on the operation of UPS. Which I am sure is a closely guarded secret. For UPS to have a ~ 12% loss on every package is crazy, given their year over year top line growth. Granted its probably by charging more as well.
Though Amazon wants to use the cheapest, in the long term if they have to replace every order due to loss deliveries, it makes no sense for Amazon either.
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08-02-2015 at 09:26 PM.
08-02-2015 at 09:26 PM.
Quote from lifexpert :
Amazon Prime Benefits Changed, Aug 01
(Heads Up) Amazon just updated their Prime Benefits.

Before: Share membership with up to four additional household members
After: Can only be shared between the two adults in a household
Existing shared members: Once removed, cannot add back if over 2
New members: can only share one more
Yeah I saw this. I share a membership with my girlfriend. I actually stopped ordering very much from Amazon. They are just getting a few too many rules. This is just another way to indirectly raise prices. Now if I lived in the boonies, or their video streaming service got ALOT better, Prime would be a necessity, and be more valuable to me. I just don't see how making things harder to purchase, with these special shopping clubs, benefits retailers in the long term.
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08-03-2015 at 11:00 AM.
08-03-2015 at 11:00 AM.
Quote from JimB3957 :
3 days left all you Prime accounts

And no I am not Katlyn Jenner
So???
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JimB3957
08-03-2015 at 11:26 AM.
08-03-2015 at 11:26 AM.
Tonight last day to pick UPS to deliver from Amazon

Good luck with USPS & FedX
Good luck with Prime
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08-03-2015 at 11:39 AM.
08-03-2015 at 11:39 AM.
I call shenanigans!
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MsGal
08-03-2015 at 11:45 AM.
08-03-2015 at 11:45 AM.
This is all I could find for recent news and even this doesn't talk about Amazon cutting ties with UPS. It mostly speaks of the amount of deliveries USPS handles for Amazon.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/art...vers-in-it


The USPS doesn't disclose much about its relationship with Amazon, citing confidentiality agreements. Amazon didn't respond to several requests for comment. David Vernon, an analyst at Bernstein Research who tracks the shipping industry, estimates the USPS handled 40 percent of Amazon's volume last year—or almost 150 million items—more than either United Parcel Service or FedEx. He figures that Amazon pays the USPS $2 per package, which is about half what it would pay UPS and FedEx. Vernon says Amazon receives a deep discount from the USPS because the e-tailer does so much of its own processing—including providing computerized address lists to make it easier for carriers to tailor their delivery routes for faster drop-offs. "I think [Amazon's] idea was, why give this volume to FedEx when we can just sort it ourselves?" Vernon says. "Because it's not that hard."
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08-03-2015 at 01:47 PM.
08-03-2015 at 01:47 PM.
Quote from JimB3957 :
Tonight last day to pick UPS to deliver from Amazon

Good luck with USPS & FedX
Good luck with Prime
What happened to August 1? Did they move the date or are you just a liar?
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08-03-2015 at 06:18 PM.
08-03-2015 at 06:18 PM.
Quote from JimB3957 :
Tonight last day to pick UPS to deliver from Amazon

Good luck with USPS & FedX
Good luck with Prime

How do you pick UPS to deliver, I never have that choice.

Would it be possible for your other ID to respond, it adds a layer of confirmation that adds to the whole credibility thing, if you know what I mean, ya, huh?
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