{"id":40161,"date":"2015-07-01T01:01:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T18:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/amazon-prime-nows-one-hour-delivery-put-to-the-test\/"},"modified":"2017-01-10T13:23:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T06:23:10","slug":"amazon-prime-nows-one-hour-delivery-put-to-the-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/amazon-prime-nows-one-hour-delivery-put-to-the-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Prime Now's one-hour delivery put to the test"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe online retailer\u2019s 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\u2019s the only purchasing you can do lying down with doughnuts, but waiting for delivery is exasperating. So Amazon\u2019s launch of Prime Now \u2013 an initially London-based delivery service promising tens of thousands of items on the doorstep within 60 minutes \u2013 looked like a no fault winner. What could possibly go wrong?Typing Prime Now into Amazon\u2019s 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\u2019s bric-a-brac stall at the Bayswater sea scout fete. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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