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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (4 children)

UPS handles most of Amazon's deliveries.

[–] tacosplease@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

While that was true a number of years ago, I don't think it is anymore. Amazon has their own shipping network. They've been working to replace UPS by shipping the packages themselves. At least that's how it was last time I worked with them.

And as others have said all my Amazon purchases are delivered directly by Amazon either in a white van or an Amazon branded delivery truck similar to a UPS truck.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sheesh. There will be no other companies except Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and a few social media companies in 20 years. Amazon is even doing health insurance now.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Everyone says that every decade but in every industry there are more companies than before.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've never had that experience but I don't know about anywhere other than my own area.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Amazon definitely does contract out the to other carriers, depends on volume and where you live.

Source: Sometimes they go through USPS who won't deliver packages to my apartment and I get to make a trip to the USPS and force the poor old lady to lift a box of cat litter I'm subscribed to.

Edit: Car to cat lol

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't think vehicles are supposed to be using litter boxes normally.

[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Mine does But mine is a litter weird

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah sounds like a location thing for sure. I've only ever ordered to addresses that are within 100 miles of a warehouse

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I think in my case it was due to peak times, there's several warehouses near here, I used to work at one lol

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

All of ours are delivered by Amazon themselves

[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've never had ups deliver Amazon to me

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

therefore it must be false