Amazon Prime Day

Post by **Munchboii** » 11 Oct 2020, 11:13

Amazon prime day starts on Tuesday.

I hope we are ready for the chaos this will bring packet wise. If you are in a DO that still delivers amazon contract parcels then please prepare yourselves

Busterbear · Post by **Busterbear** » 11 Oct 2020, 11:36

Start on time finish on time . Don’t stress let your Dim do that

ThatsNotPlumb · Post by **ThatsNotPlumb** » 11 Oct 2020, 12:31

Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.

DGH · Post by **DGH** » 11 Oct 2020, 14:16

ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.

That's true except when Amazon are very busy and their own drivers can't cope, we often seem to get their excess packets dumped onto us (I presume their algorithm works out what volumes need to go to what delivery companies on any given day)

Ozzvaldo · Post by **Ozzvaldo** » 11 Oct 2020, 15:13

ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.

Not where I work. The amount can vary, but we get plenty of Amazon, big and small, that aren't specials. Sometimes, we get absolutely s**tloads, and that's with other couriers flying about the place with them as well.

Post by **Munchboii** » 11 Oct 2020, 16:30

ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.

Where i am, amazon is the majority. Some days its feels like at least a third of my van is amazon

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 11 Oct 2020, 21:07

Ozzvaldo wrote:
ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.
Not where I work. The amount can vary, but we get plenty of Amazon, big and small, that aren't specials. Sometimes, we get absolutely s**tloads, and that's with other couriers flying about the place with them as well.

Munchboii wrote:
ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.
Where i am, amazon is the majority. Some days its feels like at least a third of my van is amazon

Rural walks or offices?

Ozzvaldo · Post by **Ozzvaldo** » 11 Oct 2020, 23:13

SpacePhoenix wrote:
Ozzvaldo wrote:
ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.
Not where I work. The amount can vary, but we get plenty of Amazon, big and small, that aren't specials. Sometimes, we get absolutely s**tloads, and that's with other couriers flying about the place with them as well.

Munchboii wrote:
ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.
Where i am, amazon is the majority. Some days its feels like at least a third of my van is amazon
Rural walks or offices?

My office has only got 5 rural duties out of about 55, and one of them is in reality only about 20% rural. The shared van/HCT deliveries in the town get just as many Amazon parcels, proportionally, as the rurals.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 11 Oct 2020, 23:17

Ozzvaldo wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Ozzvaldo wrote:
ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.
Not where I work. The amount can vary, but we get plenty of Amazon, big and small, that aren't specials. Sometimes, we get absolutely s**tloads, and that's with other couriers flying about the place with them as well.

Munchboii wrote:
ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.
Where i am, amazon is the majority. Some days its feels like at least a third of my van is amazon
Rural walks or offices?
My office has only got 5 rural duties out of about 55, and one of them is in reality only about 20% rural. The shared van/HCT deliveries in the town get just as many Amazon parcels, proportionally, as the rurals.

Maybe you're a very long way from the nearest Amazon depot

Ozzvaldo · Post by **Ozzvaldo** » 11 Oct 2020, 23:33

SpacePhoenix wrote:
Ozzvaldo wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Ozzvaldo wrote:
ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.
Not where I work. The amount can vary, but we get plenty of Amazon, big and small, that aren't specials. Sometimes, we get absolutely s**tloads, and that's with other couriers flying about the place with them as well.

Munchboii wrote:
ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.
Where i am, amazon is the majority. Some days its feels like at least a third of my van is amazon
Rural walks or offices?
My office has only got 5 rural duties out of about 55, and one of them is in reality only about 20% rural. The shared van/HCT deliveries in the town get just as many Amazon parcels, proportionally, as the rurals.
Maybe you're a very long way from the nearest Amazon depot

We're almost equidistant between two of them, approx. 70 miles from each, most of it motorway. I've no idea how they allocate their work. On Friday I took in 2 Amazon packets for my next door neighbour. One arrived at 0945 from the Amazon unit to the South of us, one at 1700 from the Amazon unit to the North. The first guy also had 2 other packets for my street (which only has 14 houses) as well. In between, I was chatting to my own postie who had Amazon packets for 3 houses in the street, including the house I took in for for both of Amazon's couriers.

postiepete2 · Post by **postiepete2** » 12 Oct 2020, 14:46

This is the real reason why van share is back on for these tax dodging scumbags Amazon

Jpro747 · Post by **Jpro747** » 12 Oct 2020, 22:37

Boycott amazon - shop local!

ThatsNotPlumb · Post by **ThatsNotPlumb** » 12 Oct 2020, 22:47

Ozzvaldo wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Ozzvaldo wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Ozzvaldo wrote:
ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.
Not where I work. The amount can vary, but we get plenty of Amazon, big and small, that aren't specials. Sometimes, we get absolutely s**tloads, and that's with other couriers flying about the place with them as well.

Munchboii wrote:
ThatsNotPlumb wrote:Amazon deliver the vast majority of their own packets/bulk anyway, it seems like nowadays the only Amazon packets/bulk I deliver are specials & even those are scarce.
Where i am, amazon is the majority. Some days its feels like at least a third of my van is amazon
Rural walks or offices?
My office has only got 5 rural duties out of about 55, and one of them is in reality only about 20% rural. The shared van/HCT deliveries in the town get just as many Amazon parcels, proportionally, as the rurals.
Maybe you're a very long way from the nearest Amazon depot
We're almost equidistant between two of them, approx. 70 miles from each, most of it motorway. I've no idea how they allocate their work. On Friday I took in 2 Amazon packets for my next door neighbour. One arrived at 0945 from the Amazon unit to the South of us, one at 1700 from the Amazon unit to the North. The first guy also had 2 other packets for my street (which only has 14 houses) as well. In between, I was chatting to my own postie who had Amazon packets for 3 houses in the street, including the house I took in for for both of Amazon's couriers.

It must just be where you are based, I know for a fact there's an Amazon depo roughly 15-20 miles away from my Royal Mail office & I believe they've opened another recently in an industrial estate only 5 miles or so away.

I've ordered 2 items myself at the same time off Amazon before & they both arrived the next day, at different times, delivered by different drivers.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 13 Oct 2020, 17:08

ThatsNotPlumb wrote:I've ordered 2 items myself at the same time off Amazon before & they both arrived the next day, at different times, delivered by different drivers.

Which distribution/fulfilment centre they come from might play a part in that plus the size and weight of the items as well