How does Walmart do it? I ordered my Switch 2 and a couple other accessories on separate occasions from them over the last few weeks, and they are clearly not using any of the traditional delivery services.
dan@upvote.au 21 hours ago
A lot of companies have moved towards using Uber or Doordash for same day deliveries.
I don’t like buying stuff from Amazon, but they’re the only company I’d trust for same-day at the moment. They directly employ the delivery drivers (via Amazon Flex) so you don’t end up with issues where Doordash and Best Buy blame each other and neither takes full responsibility.
atocci@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
invertedspear@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
Walmart has Spark which is a delivery network they control that’s similar to door dash but AFAIK doesn’t require any logos on the vehicles.
darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
Not sure how common this is, but we ordered some clothing dyes from Walmart since they were the only place that had it, anyway they delivered it with Uber for some reason. It was fast but we didn’t know and also we hate Uber, so that sucked. Maritime Canada btw, not sure about the states
ThisIsFineDotJpeg@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
A lot of companies have moved towards using Uber or Doordash for same day deliveries.
Pizza places, especially the chain pizzas places, all use Doordash now 😓. I think Dominos is the only one left near me that still has in-store drivers.
I don’t like buying stuff from Amazon, but they’re the only company I’d trust for same-day at the moment. They directly employ the delivery drivers (via Amazon Flex) so you don’t end up with issues where Doordash and Best Buy blame each other and neither takes full responsibility.
I don’t exactly “trust” amazon either, they deliver to the wrong addess all the time. But for expensive stuff, there’s an option to require a PIN, so no “deliver to the wrong address” or “place at the door and then steal it” shenanigans. That’s why they are slightly less shitty.
Also, my order for Bestbuy wasn’t even “same day”. Order was placed on June 17 for “tomorrow” (aka: June 18), then it got delayed to today, then promptly stolen.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 hours ago
well what bout delivery that isn’t same-day then? same-day delivery is completely bonkers to expect
Soulg@ani.social 20 hours ago
As someone who does uber and doordash for extra money, they do and it’s annoying for us too. I had to deliver 8 bags of mulch from Lowes the other day in my tiny car, took ages to get the employees to help, etc.