New UPS Delivery Method

[Andrew325is]

Do you live on a golf course?

[mrsleeve]

Weather or geography?
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Both. Most of our Subs around here are fairly small with sub 30 units in it though we do have a couple in the area that are 100+. Other wise everything is very spreed out. Our driver leaves the terminal at about 8am and we dont see him normally till at least 5 but normally closer to 8.... Why because we are on the return trip from the Star Meadow run which is way the fuck out there. We also have places that UPS and FedEx go that the postal service dose not deliver too...... Then there is the weather, the northern rockies form oct-april is winter storm time golf carts dont go well in the snow and ice and depending on where you live in the valley average snow fall is 68 -120 inches a year down low and as much up to 300 inch average higher up. and it can snow in july in the valley even not just at the higher elevations as well with the right combination of weather moving though, yes its short lived but still it can happen ;)

[markseven]

That's pretty awesome, eventually BUY - N - LARGE, I mean Amazon may have floating rail systems above our residences that simply parachute drops our items to us. Drones are so last year.

Amazon manages the supply chain like nobody's business - it's a matter of time before they own the delivery infrastructure, straight to the consumer.

USPS should consider doing that. Do you think amazon will ever follow through with that drone idea even though it got shot down by the FAA?

I saw on the news that the FAA is working out a plan to introduce regulated drone traffic.

I also read something to the effect of Amazon partnering with UPS to deliver packages to the trunk or hatch of a Prime customer's parked car, whether at your place of business, school, parking structure, etc.

Amazon Lockers are popular in third-world countries where addresses are not structured or reliable.

[E30NJ]

USPS should consider doing that. Do you think amazon will ever follow through with that drone idea even though it got shot down by the FAA?

[DEV0 E30]

That's pretty awesome, eventually BUY - N - LARGE, I mean Amazon may have floating rail systems above our residences that simply parachute drops our items to us. Drones are so last year.

I bet part of the reason is the issue they all ran into last year where they just didn't have enough trucks to make all the deliveries. they were literally renting Uhaul vans & trailers.

They started even earlier here this year with this plan. Last year I didn't see as many.

Uhuals, Budget Trucks, Random White trucks. If it has a rollup door, it's being used by UPS and Fedex since early last month it seems.

[BLACKCHARM88]

That whole ordeal like everything in the news today is stupid, we let pregnant women in the military work, just not in the field or overseas

[markseven]

Wonder if they'll let pregnant women drive them

UPS probably would. The doctors probably won't.

[BLACKCHARM88]

Wonder if they'll let pregnant women drive them

[markseven]

I dig it. I'd drive the crap out of one of those. Doesn't help that that guy looks like he belongs ;)

Tim Lincecum driving.

Minus the $18M salary.

I dont think that will work where I live

Weather or geography?

Drives that thing in the ghetto and the guy can easily get jacked... Let me rephrase that. WILL get jacked.

Yeah, seems like they could easily put a cage over the bed.

HOA's complaining about noise and diesel smell? Not a bad idea but double loading...

I seriously doubt they'll be using these in the ghetto.



Possibly, though where I've seen them is in (semi-) private communities/neighborhoods on the Florida Gulf Coast.

No HOA, not a private community (we are pretty close to the king of all HOAs and tyrannical community planners, Irvine, CA).

I think it's purely volume and frequency of online orders in my community?

I bet part of the reason is the issue they all ran into last year where they just didn't have enough trucks to make all the deliveries. they were literally renting Uhaul vans & trailers.

Yep. UPS and USPS does Sunday deliveries here using rented vans. Mostly amazon.com packages, it seems.

Those UPS socks though........

Homeboy is on-brand for sure.

[AWDBOB]

Those UPS socks though........

[nando]

I bet part of the reason is the issue they all ran into last year where they just didn't have enough trucks to make all the deliveries. they were literally renting Uhaul vans & trailers.

[agent]

I seriously doubt they'll be using these in the ghetto.

HOA's complaining about noise and diesel smell? Not a bad idea but double loading...

Possibly, though where I've seen them is in (semi-) private communities/neighborhoods on the Florida Gulf Coast.

[M-technik-3]

HOA's complaining about noise and diesel smell? Not a bad idea but double loading...

[illest318i]

Drives that thing in the ghetto and the guy can easily get jacked... Let me rephrase that. WILL get jacked.

[mrsleeve]

I dont think that will work where I live