We spent 6 months recently with our daughter and her husband in Texas. During that time, I'd guess no less than 100 packages were delivered to where we were staying......Amazon, Groupon, Fedex, UPS, and a few others. Most everything delivered free and delivered within 2 days of ordering. Nothing damaged. Two items returned free of charge and promptly refunded.
A month or so after arriving, my wife was soon to run out of her favorite (15 years) Revlon skin lotion which she buys in Robinson's (religiously on sale twice a year for 179 baht a bottle). She tried to buy the same in the US, but that type of cream hasn't been available in the US for several years. A few days after mentioning the situation to our daughter, in arrives a package with about 20 Jamaican stamps on it......and inside, two bottles of the same Revlon cream....but made in Jamaica. Yes, it cost a few dollars more......but not substantially more.
Now our daughter reports that Amazon Prime customers in her zip code area can receive their orders for free in two hours or for $7.99 extra in one hour. So our daughter made her first grocery order and promptly received the items as promised within two hours. Since the initial order was over $50, she received a $20 coupon toward her next purchase.
Our daughter's not a millennial, so I can only imagine what the next younger generation is up to when it comes to shopping back in the US. My guess is....this holiday season will see another big spike in internet sales.
Interesting times......and drone deliveries aren't yet a reality.....but driverless deliveries could be just
around the corner.
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Post by akwoodworker » October 29, 2015, 9:00 pm
When I am in Alaska Amazon prime saves a lot of money in shipping.
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