now if you could have a amazon laser cut your message into the side of the potato, we'd be all set
of course potatoes ( and coconuts ) are some of the few things you can send through the mail as is: no envelope or box needed. no idea about the price.
"delivering a single lime to someone’s door costs them less than what the USPS charges to move a half-ounce piece of paper"
It doesn't cost amazon less to send the lime. It looks like it costs the consumer less because the competitive moat of an amazon prime membership generates enough ill gotten gains to compensate. Your amazon membership subsidizes their Webvan2.0 food desert abundance scheme, which will end when all your local grocery stores have been absorbed by whole paycheck.
BTW isn't it insidious that amazon has brainwashed us to ignore the prime membership yearly fee. When factoring in the yearly membership fee, those limes are going to cost the consumer significantly more than a stamp. Even if you spread the fee across daily single lime shipments.
It also doesn't actually cost the USPS that much to move a half-ounce piece of paper. That's what they charge the consumer who wants things moved one piece at a time, rather than the thousands of pieces a day that an amazon location churns out (and amazon, remember, uses the USPS for last-mile delivery in some places). And the USPS also is responsible for serving a network of millions of places where you can put your mail for pickup, rather than a few bulk warehouse locations.
now if you could have a amazon laser cut your message into the side of the potato, we'd be all set
of course potatoes ( and coconuts ) are some of the few things you can send through the mail as is: no envelope or box needed. no idea about the price.
Are you factoring in the $150 / year for Amazon Prime? You are going to have to send a lot of koolaid packets to break even.
If that is all you use prime for, then you are undoubtedly correct. However, thats not how most people use Prime - and I think you know that.
There are near infinite valid reasons to criticize Bezos, and Amazon. There is no need to create weird, fake use cases.
That is all I use it for. I have considered canceling but my wife uses the streaming service. I don’t
"delivering a single lime to someone’s door costs them less than what the USPS charges to move a half-ounce piece of paper"
It doesn't cost amazon less to send the lime. It looks like it costs the consumer less because the competitive moat of an amazon prime membership generates enough ill gotten gains to compensate. Your amazon membership subsidizes their Webvan2.0 food desert abundance scheme, which will end when all your local grocery stores have been absorbed by whole paycheck.
BTW isn't it insidious that amazon has brainwashed us to ignore the prime membership yearly fee. When factoring in the yearly membership fee, those limes are going to cost the consumer significantly more than a stamp. Even if you spread the fee across daily single lime shipments.
It also doesn't actually cost the USPS that much to move a half-ounce piece of paper. That's what they charge the consumer who wants things moved one piece at a time, rather than the thousands of pieces a day that an amazon location churns out (and amazon, remember, uses the USPS for last-mile delivery in some places). And the USPS also is responsible for serving a network of millions of places where you can put your mail for pickup, rather than a few bulk warehouse locations.
But yeah, mostly predatory loss leaders.