Cable Forum - View Single Post - Forget Next day Deliveries (the next step) !

qasdfdsaq · 18-12-2013, 01:33

Yes but a van also sits around unused much of the time, as it require a manual driver on a salary to operate, further there's costs of fuel, insurance, and all that too, while a drone could also deliver thousands of packages in a year.

Furthermore, said van can do far fewer 30-minute deliveries than it can doing a standard multi-package run that takes several hours.

There's far too many variables to really make a sensible comparison, but the only other company doing 30-minute deliveries right now are Craplin, and they charge around the price of a taxi, because well, they basically use taxis. And even then, those costs are barely more than standard delivery charges if you live close by.

18-12-2013, 01:33	#18
qasdfdsaq cf.mega poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,207	Re: Forget Next day Deliveries (the next step) ! Yes but a van also sits around unused much of the time, as it require a manual driver on a salary to operate, further there's costs of fuel, insurance, and all that too, while a drone could also deliver thousands of packages in a year. Furthermore, said van can do far fewer 30-minute deliveries than it can doing a standard multi-package run that takes several hours. There's far too many variables to really make a sensible comparison, but the only other company doing 30-minute deliveries right now are Craplin, and they charge around the price of a taxi, because well, they basically use taxis. And even then, those costs are barely more than standard delivery charges if you live close by.