• Avid Amoeba
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    111 days ago

    Where are the packages being handed over to the gig workers though? If they have no local facility, they either have to ship from another province or rent capacity in someone else’s.

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        11 days ago

        Strange. Is Amazon saying that? That doesn’t make sense. Amazon sells a lot of stuff that local businesses don’t have. They would still have to ship a lot of stuff out of province or from the US. If Amazon is saying this, I think it’s just a scare tactic.

        • @[email protected]
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          211 days ago

          Direct quote is

          “Following a recent review of our Quebec operations,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement, “we found that returning to a third-party delivery model supported by local small businesses, similar to the one we had until 2020, will enable us to offer the same excellent service and deliver even greater savings to our customers in the long term.”

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            111 days ago

            Doubt it’s true they can do that but that’s just my guess. 🤷🏻