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Amazon Wants to Ship Your Package Before You Buy It
WSJ ^ | Jan 17, 2014 | Greg Bensinger

Posted on 01/18/2014 1:47:01 AM PST by Slings and Arrows

Amazon.com knows you so well it wants to ship your next package before you order it.

The Seattle retailer in December gained a patent for what it calls “anticipatory shipping,” a method to start delivering packages even before customers click “buy.”

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: amazon; amazonamazondotcom; amazoncart; amazonshipping; bigbrother; foryourowngood; marketingprofile; napl; privacyrights
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To: dalereed

If they do, you can keep it and you won’t have to pay for it. That’s the law.


101 posted on 01/19/2014 5:16:54 PM PST by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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To: Stoat
mine must be a guy cause lead in quantity is, well, quite heavy...
102 posted on 01/19/2014 5:30:29 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Chode

Well, sadly, some of the ‘huskiest’ UPS drivers are not men, at least I don’t think they are. In some cases it’s not readily apparent :-(


103 posted on 01/19/2014 7:22:01 PM PST by Stoat (If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
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To: Stoat
oooofff...
104 posted on 01/19/2014 7:58:10 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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