Amazon Launches 'Flex,' a Crowdsourced Delivery Service

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @08:37AM from the for-when-you-need-a-book,-a-sewing-machine,-and-a-trombone-in-60-minutes-or-less dept.

sckirklan writes: Amazon has rolled out a new service called Amazon Flex. It lets people sign up to deliver packages using their mobile phone and their car, earning $18-25/hr while doing so. Think Uber, but for package delivery. Their goal is to fully support one-hour delivery within certain cities. The service is available in Seattle to start, and it'll soon expand to Manhattan, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and Portland. No news on what they think of bicycle couriers, but given their focus on being green, I'd imagine something is in the works.

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drones? by Anonymous Coward · 2015-09-29 08:46 · Score: 2, Funny

What happened to the drones? Oh wait? What? We're the drones?
1. Re:drones? by plopez · 2015-09-29 09:57 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  That's "Interchangeable Biological Units" you insensitive clod!
  
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I always love hearing about city-based services by NotDrWho · 2015-09-29 08:50 · Score: 4, Funny

It's always nice to read about the high speed fiber, car services, delivery services, etc. that I know will NEVER EVER come to my small city.

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