December 3, 201312 yr So I see the drone coming in toward the front doorstep of my residence. The neighbors Labrador watches intently from the hedge line about thirty feet away. If he times it just right........ It's his third try today, as my wife is off work and doing what she does best. ............:popcorn:
December 3, 201312 yr I just don't see this happening. People are worried about terrorist strikes in the U.S. and yet they are perfectly fine with letting an unmanned drone come flying to their front door? I just don't see the government allowing this idea to "take flight". I work in the Federal Reserve Bank building in Cincinnati. Do you think they are going to let me have a package delivered at work? They will blow that thing out of the sky!
December 3, 201312 yr How long will it take for a cat to be delivered back to the Amazon Distribution Center tied to the drone? lol In all seriousness, that segment of 60 minutes was very good. Usually I don't pay any attention, but it caught my eye after the football game. Genius marketing too for Amazon. Having a 60 minutes segment after the day before Cyber Monday.
December 4, 201312 yr I just don't see this happening. People are worried about terrorist strikes in the U.S. and yet they are perfectly fine with letting an unmanned drone come flying to their front door? I just don't see the government allowing this idea to "take flight". I work in the Federal Reserve Bank building in Cincinnati. Do you think they are going to let me have a package delivered at work? They will blow that thing out of the sky! Pretty sure they've already said it would only be to residential areas and I can't recall the wording but I believe they said it was geared toward rural residential areas. Not sure what that means. I think southern parts of Boone, Kenton or Campbell but mostly places like central or southeastern kentucky
December 4, 201312 yr Those things must fly at a pretty good clip to get places within 30 minutes of the order being placed.
December 4, 201312 yr Pretty sure they've already said it would only be to residential areas and I can't recall the wording but I believe they said it was geared toward rural residential areas. Not sure what that means. I think southern parts of Boone, Kenton or Campbell but mostly places like central or southeastern kentucky I think they said that it would go about 6-10 miles from the distribution center if I heard them right.
December 4, 201312 yr I think they said that it would go about 6-10 miles from the distribution center if I heard them right. So very few customers would have this option.
December 4, 201312 yr I think they said that it would go about 6-10 miles from the distribution center if I heard them right. Yup and a 5lb weight limit.
December 4, 201312 yr So very few customers would have this option. Just means they are going to be building more distribution centers probably. But the one in Hebron would probably cover a good chunk of people. Yup and a 5lb weight limit. Which, didn't they say is like 97% of their transactions? I can speak from personal experience that think I've only bought someone once over 5 lbs from Amazon over all the years I've used it. Mostly DVDs, CDs, and books for me. Although I'm not a "Prime" member (not sure if you have to be) and I might just barely be out of their radius. Probably be on the edge.
December 4, 201312 yr This will never, ever work. Cool idea, but this isn't happening. I think I'm in this boat as well.
December 4, 201312 yr Well it has people talking so I think Amazon is thrilled. There prob 5 years ahead of themselves but it could work someday.
December 4, 201312 yr Well it has people talking so I think Amazon is thrilled. There prob 5 years ahead of themselves but it could work someday. 5 years?!?
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