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akgerber · 2019-04-04 22:56:05+00:00

Shippers will have to pay a congestion charge but will also experience less congestion, which means they might well be able to charge less money.

mr_toad | karma 5817 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2018-09-07 01:22:58+00:00

Partly this is due to lower transport costs.

kasey_junk | karma 13439 | avg karma 2.75 · | 2024-04-04 12:16:47

Large merchants also pay much less for interchange generally.

ethics13 | karma 21 | avg karma 0.57 · | 2023-06-13 12:25:31

Well, now it will be easier. Those poor sops who can't afford the new pricing are that much less on the road to compete with.

someguydave | karma 1486 | avg karma 0.88 · | 2022-07-14 16:00:57

you absolutely can pay fewer dollars for dollars delivered at some point in the future

Dylan16807 | karma 31639 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2014-01-22 04:16:03+00:00

It's vastly cheaper to deliver but it also pays vastly lower prices.

tomjen3 | karma 9638 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2021-06-19 17:27:49+00:00

They can afford to pay to get premium access. Same reason they don't have to worry about freight prices going up: they can afford to pay more and ship it by air.

gnaritas | karma 6282 | avg karma 1.48 · | 2014-03-27 20:52:35

Lower prices due to decreased risk on the merchants. If it's better for merchants, it's better for consumers too.

notimpotent | karma 35 | avg karma 1.46 · | 2024-03-26 15:40:44

And I'm sure all the companies that will now be paying less fees will pass the savings onto the customer. /s

CydeWeys | karma 28315 | avg karma 3.91 · | 2018-06-25 15:48:38+00:00

That's what I'm thinking too, and I like it. It may not even cost a premium necessarily, just longer wait times.

ta1243 | karma 2760 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2023-05-11 11:51:50

Thus it lowers the cost of providing service thus lowers the price to the customer.

austhrow743 | karma 2824 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2019-04-04 23:40:03+00:00

You wont be paying them equally on all goods. The small good will gain a cost advantage over the large good. The digital good will gain a cost advantage over the physical good. The good delivered during non peak hours will gain a cost advantage over the good delivered during rush hour. The good delivered by drone will gain a cost advantage over the good delivered by land vehicle.

buro9 | karma 24223 | avg karma 6.83 · | 2016-04-06 17:26:48

This is also true :)

And we can negotiate better prices with more traffic, etc.

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anarazel | karma 5793 | avg karma 3.95 · | 2023-12-25 09:24:14

And the dispatch overhead will be a few orders of magnitude higher.

adrianN | karma 29995 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2021-07-08 18:26:20+00:00

If some things depend on quick transportation, I think it's fair that they cost a bit more.

jfoster | karma 5234 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2020-05-23 12:50:38+00:00

Probably also significantly reduces their chargeback costs.

carstenhag | karma 823 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2022-08-17 18:14:06

Interchange yes, but that's only a small part of the price. Companies still have to pay 1-3%.

robryan | karma 6222 | avg karma 1.7 · | 2018-01-22 00:21:35+00:00

And you can handle the other direction with a lag. Charge the old lower price for 30 minutes.

bob_theslob646 | karma 789 | avg karma 1.28 · | 2017-12-09 17:29:04+00:00

It does make sense for cost reduction because they are liable if they lose the package

aviv | karma 677 | avg karma 1.32 · | 2017-12-12 16:52:58+00:00

Less fees, shorter confirmation times, etc.