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   On 8/12/2025 11:17 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 8/12/2025 11:06 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:106u8mr$336sc$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >> I've been seeing deteriorating tracking and delivery competence even from   
   >> Amazon recently. Perhaps the problem is new AI software. My dog   
   >> understood   
   >> me better than the telephone AI I dealt with this morning.   
   >> ----------------------------------------   
   >>   
   >> A recent Amazon order that has been for a week and is still being   
   >> reported as "shipped" and due tomorrow was actually delivered around   
   >> noon today. Delivery has been good except for small bagged items that   
   >> were "lost" for a few days to months, the fumble seems to be with   
   >> tracking. At their peak Amazon showed where the truck is and how soon   
   >> to expect it, but that soon vanished. Perhaps porch pirates were   
   >> ordering small items to see and misuse the info.   
   >>   
   >> I sometimes got a spam delivery problem call after placing an order,   
   >> suggesting they had a leak.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > My original post was not about Amazon, although a later post in the   
   > thread did rant about one of the gaslighting lies they have baked into   
   > their system.   
   >   
   > My original post was about an industrial supplier.   
   >   
      
      
   Speaking of Amazon they are building a local distribution warehouse just   
   a couple miles from me.  Literally about 2.  (3.2Km)  I don't know that   
   I think it will improve delivery times on the kinds of things I order,   
   but we shall see.  I suppose there will be same day delivery on some   
   things, but it doesn't look like "that big" of a warehouse to me.  I   
   know a few local cooling companies with multiple cooling plants on a   
   single site that would each easily engulf the new Amazon warehouse.   
      
   I know some other companies use gig drivers and provide same day   
   delivery.  I ordered five gallons of hydraulic oil several weeks ago   
   from an auto parts store for my tractor after finally fixing the tilt   
   cylinder leaks on the bucket loader (or forks).  I saw they offered   
   delivery for about the same cost as the gas to drive my truck to their   
   store.  It was late.  I was tired.  Next day would be fine.  45 minutes   
   later I got a call from the gig driver letting me know he was in my   
   driveway with my bucket of oil.   
      
   FYI:  I have talked with a couple guys who do gig delivery work.  They   
   seem to be okay with it, but I know what I get charged for delivery.  I   
   can't imagine the delivery drivers are making all that much money.   
   Maybe if they get lucky and get several deliveries in the same area.  In   
   my head its more than minimum wage, but vehicle costs and increased   
   insurance costs have to cut that pretty close.  I tip the pizza guy, but   
   a lot of the gig drivers drop their package, snap a picture, and leave   
   before I even know they are there.   
      
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