How is this economical?

"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
07/19/2017 at 08:54 • Filed to: None

It’s being shipped to Florence, KY

DISCUSSION (14)

Frenchlicker > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/19/2017 at 09:00

I hate when I have something shipped from the Jeffersonville Amazon warehouse(1-1.5 hoursfrom me) to Indy(2.5-3 hrs) to Bloomington(1hr) and then finally to me. I would’ve taken less time if I could just go pick it up.

Slant6 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/19/2017 at 09:04

The same way it’s not economical to have a flight from Boone NC to New York.

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/19/2017 at 09:04

FedEx has been somewhat goofy, recently.

My replacement phone shipped from Google promptly, but the tracking history shows FedEx decided to drive it around Carol Stream, IL for three days before actually moving it towards Virginia (and me, subsequently).

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/19/2017 at 09:07

It once took me a week for a package to go from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, Florida.

That’s a two and a half hour drive if you decide to take your time and maybe stop for the restroom.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/19/2017 at 09:07

at least you’ll get what you ordered.

no guarantees with Australia Post.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/19/2017 at 09:13

Like Slant said, couriers like UPS and FedEx are all about economizing every cent. Chances are, it was cheaper just to toss it on a scheduled flight to Ohio and then another to Kentucky.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/19/2017 at 09:14

Yeah that’s the fedex hub, but at least it’s not coming smartpost... fuck that service. Shit gets to within a mile of my house then sits for 3 days while the post office gets around to figuring out, oh, maybe we should deliver this package.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Honeybunchesofgoats
07/19/2017 at 09:29

This is all ground, could have literally drove down I-71 the whole way.

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/19/2017 at 09:30

By doing everything as a tree, or hub and spoke, most transactions will be economical. There are outliers, but the inefficiency associated with changing methods for special cases would outweigh the efficiency gained in those few deliveries.

Or something.

PS: You’re in Florence? Half my family comes from there, though none are left there today.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
07/19/2017 at 09:31

In that case, it’s probably just a matter of lining up the most packages to the same shipping facilities, I’d guess