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The ability to buy some thing for delivery today, NOW, at expedited
delivery.
Click purchase button website, get some bloke in a van turn up and
deliver what I ordered a few hours later with my delivery.
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"In 1959 the U.S. Navy submarine USS Barbero assisted the Post Office ... [8th of 7, Nov 18 2020]
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An idea whos time has apparently not yet come. [8th of 7, Nov 18 2020]
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"How soon, is now. How much, is - where?"
Well, I think
that was the general gist. As long as you're not requesting
delivery into an area restricted, which requires permits
many, money - more. |
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There are factors called "distance" and "speed limit" that
might stop this from working as you want it too. Eg. if the
thing you want is more than ~500km away, you won't get it
today, no matter how much money you throw at it. |
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Well, letters/paperwork are the easy option; fragile and/or
heavy crap you don't need from Amazon etc is another
matter... |
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Ah, Sir wishes to purchase the B-52 delivery option ? |
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The easiest way to implement this is psychological manipulation of the customer's perceived wants. |
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e.g.
Me: Syrrey, organise delivery of a new conservatory with handmade alligator-skin recliners hand-embroidered with my monogram in purple and green silk and a 99-inch TV and a complete boxed set of Trump's speeches on DVD signed and dedicated to me personally by Trump himself. And I want it delivered NOW, as in TODAY, ASAP. Thank you, Syrrey.
Syrrey: Certainly sir. It will be here in half an hour.
<half an hour (and some psychological manipulation) later>
Syrrey: Sir, the items you wanted have arrived. The cushion is just right, I found it in the cupboard under the stairs, and there are three dog-eared copies of last month's "New Scientist", not just the two that you ordered. Shall I arrange for the extra one to be returned to the recycling box in the hall?
Me: Thank you Syrrey. This new instant ordering service is fantastic isn't it? Please leave maximum stars and a glowing review!
Syrrey: I will do that sir. |
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[poc] "... and I'd like immediate delivery". |
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[Obi-Wan voice] "You don't need that implementation" |
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[poc] "I don't need that implementation" |
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[Obi-Wan voice] "That's not the delivery you're looking for" |
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[poc] "That's not the delivery I'm looking for" |
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[Obi-Wan voice] "Two to three business days will be fine" |
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[poc] "Two to three business days will be fine" |
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[Obi-Wan voice] "Moving along ..." |
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//WKTE - at least in the United States, from Amazon and several other online merchants// |
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Nope. It's next day at best in most places. |
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Instant gratification [+] although the cost and therefore the price could be hellish. Perhaps implement a maximum possible delivery fee over which you'll get a warning. At the high end the service will bribe politicians to ride along since the police won't stop them (or bribe the police to send it via car with siren), send it via unscheduled, unplanned flight in airplanes flying near mach 1, (and worry about the fines later) bribe factory workers to directly remove completed items from assembly if that's closer, assemble a huge team of regional acquisition experts and local "acquisition" experts and other extreme measures. |
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Not that many will want to pay 200,308 dollars for that forgotten anniversary gift. |
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// send it via unscheduled, unplanned flight in airplanes flying near mach 1 ... directly remove completed items from assembly ... acquisition experts // |
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That's how the military already operate. |
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In some cases it will cost less to hire, for example, a local jeweler to drop everything and make a particular piece. |
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How about the complete opposite? ie order it from "NOW but WAIT" then 12 months later receive a message that says: "do you really want this, or has time passing attenuated your need?" |
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I leave those details to the bean counters. |
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// how do you monetize it? // |
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The service user pays a returnable deposit with order, a proportion of the item's value subject to a minimum. Then when the buy/not buy decision is made, the deposit is either returned, or represents a portion of the purchase price. |
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In the meantime, the service provider can invest the purchaser's funds and gets the interest/stock dividends accrued. If the per-transaction cost of the funds transfer can be kept low, then money can still be made. |
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We know how many beans make five. |
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It's four; 20% of the total automatically becomes the property of our accountant, Mr. Sturton Buchanan. |
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It's no good editing your annotations, [kdf], to try and stop us using that "push you out of the light" quote against you ... we see everything you do. Resistance is Futile. |
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That's another thing you have in common, then ... |
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Better still, you don't get paid by the thought, or you'd starve. |
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