Posted on 12/02/2013 11:43:09 AM PST by inthemoneystocks
Jeff Bezos sat down with Charlie Rose on 60 minutes just hours before Cyber Monday kicked off. Going into this interview, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) rallied for six days straight to new all time highs, just under the $400.00 level.
Bezos talked about using drones to deliver packages from Amazon in near future. This has generated major buzz in the media and a lot of discussion on whether or not it is feasible. The stock opened higher and kissed $399.00 before reversing. The reversal is technically a bearish signal.
This wild news reminds pro investors of the hype that usually ends a strong run for the stock. In addition, the even number of $400 must be respected as resistance. The reality of drones is somewhat silly in the near term. First, FedEx and UPS will throw massive lobbying dollars to the government to try and block it. Afterall, this would hurt their business. In addition, I know many Americans that will shoot a drone out of the sky if they see it. #TargetPractice. Lastly, drones dropping packages on people #LawsuitsGalore, packages getting stolen, bad winds, weather ect. There are a ton of question marks and liabilities that Amazon will have to deal with to get this through, at least with the current technology. I tip my cap to Bezos as he is trying to be Elon Musk-like but drones are years away.
I am eyeing Amazon as a short up here for a solid pull back into 2014. The valuation is stretched even if the most expensive model.
Gareth Soloway InTheMoneyStocks
This idea is absurd. The problems are numerous, not the least of which would be that a quick-thinking customer would receive a free drone with every order. Even if the technological, regulatory, and legal challenges could somehow be overcome, it still wouldn’t make any sense from an economy of scale standpoint.
There’s a reason FedEx and UPS use a few hundred large transport aircraft to move their packages instead of employing tens or hundreds of thousands of Cessna 172s. It’s the same reason that wind turbines are an insanely expensive and impractical way to generate electricity compared to fewer, but larger-scale power plants.
All I can say is if Amazon does go down this road somehow, I want the contract for drone repair and replacement.
This is an excellent example of a CEO publicly talking about pie-in-the-sky projects while his company's engineers - that actually DO the work - cringe in private.
A pizza place had that idea and was told it was illegal to deliver by drone.
In what cities would this even be legal?
Incredible free advertising, just happening to coincide with “Cyber Monday”.
Have seen a snippet of this on every tv show I surfed thru today.
LOL...I can see it now....”hey Willy, hold muh beer, I see a drone deliverin a really nice TV and I needs one of dem.”
“Hear comes one delivering a small black disklike object! Pull!”
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