Property News · July 1, 2015

Amazon Prime Now's one-hour delivery put to the test


The online retailer’s new London-based service promises much, but can it deliver in one hour? Or two? Or the same day?Online shopping sits firmly in that sweet spot of extreme laziness and irritable impatience; it’s the only purchasing you can do lying down with doughnuts, but waiting for delivery is exasperating. So Amazon’s launch of Prime Now – an initially London-based delivery service promising tens of thousands of items on the doorstep within 60 minutes – looked like a no fault winner. What could possibly go wrong?Typing Prime Now into Amazon’s online search field resulted in lists that included a selfie stick, a makeup brush, some arthritis bracelets, The Ultimate Candida Cleansing Treatment for Men and Women, a china jam pot with spoon, lots of books about the Labour party and the Paul Lamond Pizza Party Game. It was like browsing Cherie Blair’s bric-a-brac stall at the Bayswater sea scout fete. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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