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Anticipatory Shipping...

Postby The Masked Frother » Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:37 pm

Coming soon (?) from Amazon. They will ship before you even order!

http://investorplace.com/2014/01/amazon ... -shipping/

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Sounds like negative billing to me which IIRC is illegal in Canada.

Edit: I notice on closer reading that it seems to be just moving stuff closer to customers, not actually shipping it to your door.
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Re: Anticipatory Shipping...

Postby fear_the_squirrels » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:50 am

This has had a lot of shitty headlines attached to it. But yeah, its JIT inventory, but with amazon...

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Re: Anticipatory Shipping...

Postby Levied Troop » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:59 am

The next step is to put the goods into small, discrete, units located on a main street near the customer that can be collected at the customer's time of choice together with other items they might want.
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Re: Anticipatory Shipping...

Postby YAAF » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:03 am

Shortly to be followed by no click ordering.

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Re: Anticipatory Shipping...

Postby Ajsalium » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:08 am

Levied Troop wrote:The next step is to put the goods into small, discrete, units located on a main street near the customer that can be collected at the customer's time of choice together with other items they might want.


That's a great idea!
If only someone would bring it to reality...
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Re: Anticipatory Shipping...

Postby Goldwyrm » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:22 pm

It's reality now

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Re: Anticipatory Shipping...

Postby Duff » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:48 pm

I wouldn't have had Stedley down as a black shoes with jeans kind of person. You live and learn. :(
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Re: Anticipatory Shipping...

Postby Doremi Fasol Latido » Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:45 pm

Duff wrote:I wouldn't have had Stedley down as a black shoes with jeans kind of person. You live and learn. :(


Oh I don't know, I've always thought of him as being a Clark's black moccasin and stone bleach denim off the market kind of fella. Possibly tootling himself up with a nice white shirt under a 1985 mustard colour leather jacket for a night on the town. :wink:
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Re: Anticipatory Shipping...

Postby Roger Theloger » Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:54 pm

Goldwyrm wrote:It's reality now

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they are in hong kong too.

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Re: Anticipatory Shipping...

Postby Skipp » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:09 pm

Doremi Fasol Latido wrote:
Duff wrote:I wouldn't have had Stedley down as a black shoes with jeans kind of person. You live and learn. :(


Oh I don't know, I've always thought of him as being a Clark's black moccasin and stone bleach denim off the market kind of fella. Possibly tootling himself up with a nice white shirt under a 1985 mustard colour leather jacket for a night on the town. :wink:


What's weird about these posts, is that you've been fantasising about him...

Sick fuckers. :twisted:
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