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Old 01-05-2016, 07:40 AM
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...However, I don't open the door for a random stranger that isn't obviously there for a delivery or a service I'm expecting. Some random person without a uniform, with their personal car....if I haven't ordered a pizza, nobody is answering the door.


What if the person at your door was just a young damsel being chased through the woods by an amazon rapist?
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Old 01-05-2016, 08:54 AM
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What if the person at your door was just a young damsel being chased through the woods by an amazon rapist?
Good point. If I thought someone was in distress, yeah, I'd help. However, the only ladies who have come to our door (besides friends, neighbors and delivery people) have been trying to sell us something or save our souls. I should just put out a sign, saying, "Don't bother!"
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Old 01-05-2016, 09:27 AM
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My FedEx delivery guy is kind of a dick, but I always open for him, in case it's required to sign for a package. However, I don't open the door for a random stranger that isn't obviously there for a delivery or a service I'm expecting. Some random person without a uniform, with their personal car....if I haven't ordered a pizza, nobody is answering the door.
The UPS guy just delivered an Amazon box. The only reason that I knew who it was is because I asked my wife. He rang the doorbell, dropped the box, and ran off. I suppose an Amazon uber driver in an old Chevy could use the same method.
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Old 01-05-2016, 11:37 AM
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As well, a large number of shop-from-home folks happen to be of the female variety, and for sure, many of them would not be opening the door for a stranger. Hell, I've been married to my wife for 46 years and there are times when she still won't open the door for me.
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Old 01-05-2016, 12:04 PM
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^^Maybe she's trying to get her boyfriend outta there quickly!
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Hate to break it to you guys, but Amazon has been testing out the uber model for a while. I buy nearly everything online and have noticed Amazon trying a bunch of new things.

FedEx delivered one of my packages to a post office and had the USPS bring it to my door. Another time, UPS delivered it to a dry cleaners down the road from me and sent me an email telling me to pick it up myself. And finally, another time, a regular guy used his personal car to bring me a package. It was no big deal since I had all the tracking information, had the guys name, and could watch the guy get closer and closer. It was my choice to open the door or not.

In all of those cases, I don't recall ever selecting those delivery options. The best one was the regular guy delivering it to me. It was a pain seeing "delivered" status on the FedEx and UPS websites only to find out the package was not actually at my house.

No offense, but Amazon is preparing for the future and does not care the way older generations think delivery services should operate. Just like people who will hold on to their land lines until they die, certain people won't trust uber style deliveries. They will pay a couple bucks more and get their stuff a little later, but either way, Amazon gets paid.

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Old 01-05-2016, 01:20 PM
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Don't open the door!

https://video.yahoo.com/land-shark-j...224409387.html
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See, what did I say. You never know. Those landsharks could be anywhere!
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Old 01-05-2016, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 2StgTurbine View Post
No offense, but Amazon is preparing for the future and does not care the way older generations think delivery services should operate. Just like people who will hold on to their land lines until they die, certain people won't trust uber style deliveries. They will pay a couple bucks more and get their stuff a little later, but either way, Amazon gets paid.
It sounds more like they are preparing to circumvent major centerpieces of big Demo labor laws, and plenty of pork cost that FedEx and UPS can't shed, that, for years republicans have insisted strain companies to a break point.
It's only ironic because these are the liberal California tech company's spearheading the biggest anti-labor movement in this country.

PS, your not an independent contractor if you can't send someone in your place to do your job. A real 1099 sub-contractor can send whoever he wants to represent him to perform the task to the contracted standard.
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Originally Posted by Waitingformins View Post
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PS, your not an independent contractor if you can't send someone in your place to do your job. A real 1099 sub-contractor can send whoever he wants to represent him to perform the task to the contracted standard.
yep, that why the IRS shut all those 1099 ride sharing programs down; oh wait......
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