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    Amazon Now Delivers Stuff the Same Day You Order It

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    Image of krownd krownd
    10/15/09

    In reply to Amazon Now Delivers Stuff the Same Day You Order It
    why is amazon so excellent?
    but there's no Amazon retail store...

    There is best buy... but why do they suck so much? #retail
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    10/15/09

    In reply to Amazon Now Delivers Stuff the Same Day You Order It
    I have impulse control problems. This is not going to help. #retail
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    Image of hypenotist000 hypenotist000
    10/15/09

    In reply to Amazon Now Delivers Stuff the Same Day You Order It
    bike couriers would make this a good business model
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    brobot - star unworthy promoted this comment hypenotist000 was starred hypenotist000 was unstarred
    Image of brobot brobot
    10/16/09


    @hypenotist000: Try telling that to the bike couriers... #retail
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    Image of Darksider1972 Darksider1972
    10/15/09

    In reply to Amazon Now Delivers Stuff the Same Day You Order It
    What no Los Angeles!?!?! #retail
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    NeoAkira promoted this comment Darksider1972 was starred Darksider1972 was unstarred
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    10/15/09

    @Darksider1972:

    I know, wtf is wrong with amazon! #retail
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    Image of PopandLocke PopandLocke
    10/15/09

    @Darksider1972: Judging by your outcry, I'm going to guess you live in Los Angeles. Now, as a resident of Los Angeles, I'm going to assume you are familiar with our sprawling reach and massive traffic issues. Would you really want to start an experimental same-day delivery service here?

    EDIT: …Aaaand everyone else beat me to the punch.
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    badhatharry promoted this comment Edited by PopandLocke at 10/15/09 8:31 PM PopandLocke was starred PopandLocke was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/15/09

    @PopandLocke: Kozmo did it. Although I probably put them out of business by seeing what the cheapest thing I could get delivered was. #retail
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    Image of Darksider1972 Darksider1972
    10/15/09

    @PopandLocke: You can say the same thing for NYC #retail
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    Image of PopandLocke PopandLocke
    10/15/09

    @Darksider1972: NYC has a much denser population. It's also very large, but you're more likely to be able to make a large number of deliveries in a small area. #retail
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/15/09

    In reply to Amazon Now Delivers Stuff the Same Day You Order It
    Amazon is already shockingly fast in NYC. I have several times gotten my order the next day without paying for expedited shipping at all. #retail
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    10/15/09

    @lostarchitect: Now, how fast would you get your Amazon stuff if you paid for expedited service? #thingsthatmakeyougohmm #retail
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    10/15/09

    @Yuppers: I love you: Yesterday, before I even wanted it, I expect. #retail
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    10/15/09

    @#c16046510: as in Whoa
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    Edited by Yuppers: I love you at 10/15/09 2:46 PM Yuppers: I love you was starred Yuppers: I love you was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    10/15/09

    In reply to Amazon Now Delivers Stuff the Same Day You Order It
    Don't you mean New New York? #retail
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    10/15/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_#GitEmSteveDaveRocks: As opposed to New Amsterdam?

    And when are they going to offer service to Constantinople? #retail
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    10/15/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: It's Istanbul, not Constantinople. Been a long gone since Constantinople. #retail
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/15/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_I'mMonkeypig:
    All deliveries to New New York will be frozen in cryogenic chambers and re-opened in the year 3000... #retail
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    10/15/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_#GitEmSteveDaveRocks: Couldn't they use an Apple Time Machine to go back and deliver there? I mean, that would be REAL service.

    And why did Constantinople get the works? #retail
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/15/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: I believe that is none of our business...jerks.

    I don't remember that song so well. #retail
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    10/15/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: That's nobodies business but the Turks.

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: Good News! #retail
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/15/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_I'mMonkeypig:
    Welcome to the World of Tomorrow... #retail
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    Image of brobot brobot
    10/16/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: But there IS No World for Tomorrow...

    Not their best effort IMO - I like II, III, and IV (vol 1) quite a bit better. This will keep growing on me though, I'm sure)

    #goodmusic

    </random>
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    Edited by brobot at 10/16/09 11:49 AM brobot was starred brobot was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/15/09

    In reply to Amazon Now Delivers Stuff the Same Day You Order It
    So what you're telling me is that Bakersfield isn't cool? #retail
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    Image of loriensleafs loriensleafs
    10/15/09

    @badhatharry: yes, that is what they're telling you #retail
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/15/09

    @loriensleafs: @crackalacker: Whatever. We're too cool for rain, but cool enough for airborne particulate matter. #retail
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    10/15/09

    @badhatharry: That goes without saying. #retail
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    Image of Ryan_Long Ryan_Long
    10/15/09

    @badhatharry: Yeah! We northern californees give you all our water! Where's OUR airborne particulate matter in return? HMM?? #retail
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/15/09

    @Ryan_Long: I left my windows open this week. Your airborne particulate matter is all over my goddamn house. I'll thank you to come pick it up. #retail
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    Image of frigg frigg
    08/09/09

    In reply to We Have a New Winner of the "Worst Shipping Practices" Award
    Why all the hate? Did it ever occur to anyone that the trucker may be delivering one of only 5 remaining vials of Michael Jackson's breath? Do you know how many lives that could save? Do you know how much that would fetch on eBay?? Extraordinary cargo requires extraordinary safeguards. Perspective, people, perspective.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    08/09/09

    In reply to We Have a New Winner of the "Worst Shipping Practices" Award
    My uncle did this once with a gateway box. It was upside down and nearly crushed flat. He threw a bunch of ratchet straps in the box. Most likely this is what the dell box has in it.
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    Image of robogobo robogobo
    08/09/09

    In reply to We Have a New Winner of the "Worst Shipping Practices" Award
    dude's probably got his dirty undies in there. the whites.
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    FredicvsMaximvs promoted this comment robogobo was starred robogobo was unstarred
    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    08/09/09

    @robogobo: Gimmie the bag, Walter...
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    Image of TrollSlayer TrollSlayer
    08/08/09

    In reply to We Have a New Winner of the "Worst Shipping Practices" Award
    Some of those larger gaming laptops do run on the heavy side.
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    deanbmmv ([k]) promoted this comment TrollSlayer was starred TrollSlayer was unstarred
    Image of cirby cirby
    08/08/09

    In reply to We Have a New Winner of the "Worst Shipping Practices" Award
    From the look of the truck, it's probably a box full of straps that held down the load they just dropped off.
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    Image of GemmaHoddie GemmaHoddie
    08/08/09

    In reply to We Have a New Winner of the "Worst Shipping Practices" Award
    Did it occur to anyone that the truck might have already delivered a load and this is just an incidental.

    No one would bat an eye at a TOTALLY empty truck going down the road. This is actually less wasteful than that, but it gets everyone jumping to conclusions.

    Where's the rule that a truck always has to be totally full or totally empty.
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    Black Stig Lives! promoted this comment ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD approved this comment GemmaHoddie was starred GemmaHoddie was unstarred
    Image of egoods egoods
    08/08/09

    @GemmaHoddie: It occurred to us, but then we decided it was funnier to just assume Dell sucks at shipping. (The us being the general "Anybody" you were asking)
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    Edited by egoods at 08/08/09 8:22 PM egoods was starred egoods was unstarred
    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    08/08/09

    @GemmaHoddie: Most of us did... actually it was the first thing that crossed my mind when I saw the picture.
    But I decided not to play the role of captain obvious today.
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    Image of yungjerry703 yungjerry703
    08/08/09

    In reply to We Have a New Winner of the "Worst Shipping Practices" Award

    the best is when they strap in a construction equipment toys to the back.
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    TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment yungjerry703 was starred yungjerry703 was unstarred
    Image of IsadoraAntiope IsadoraAntiope
    08/08/09

    In reply to We Have a New Winner of the "Worst Shipping Practices" Award
    I did some trucking for about a year and this is very normal.
    after you drop off your original large shipment, you might pick up a considerably smaller load.
    In trucking an empty truck is a wasted truck.
    I usually picked up small packages for people to drop off at my next site, this guy was just trying to be funny.
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    deanbmmv ([k]) promoted this comment Zero77 approved this comment IsadoraAntiope was starred IsadoraAntiope was unstarred
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