# Next day free generator delivery from Amazon. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 29, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-day-free-generator-delivery-from-amazon/805489 "2017-12-29T02:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-day-free-generator-delivery-from-amazon/805489/21 "2017-12-31T18:17:53Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Put up a mailbox at that gravel road turnoff. The Post Office will be glad to deliver your mail there. If you add a weatherproof box, large enough to hold any packages you order, they will also leave them inside. > > Of course, you will then have to go there every day to get your mail. That is where my mailbox is, 2.5 miles from my house. I put it where they told me to put it. It took 3 or 4 years to get some sort of rural delivery. I had box at the post office for years. I have a parcel delivery box. I don’t like too much in it, it will get stolen. I do have a particular book place that will send me books on parcel delivery and my mail person puts them in the box. But Amazon orders have rarely been put there, usually soft packaging only. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-day-free-generator-delivery-from-amazon/805489/22 "2017-12-31T18:22:51Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’ve had meter readers refuse to read the electric meter because they considered 100 feet of muddy road impassable. I called a supervisor, and we agreed that if I could daily negotiate it in a Pontiac, the Entergy truck could manage it. 🙂 I read my own meter and send it in when I pay the bill…i had to buy my own power poles to get electricity installed out here. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-day-free-generator-delivery-from-amazon/805489/23 "2017-12-31T18:25:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Our generator is 17 years old. I used it when I lived in the woods during the 2000 Arkansas ice storm to run the well pump, gas furnace, satellite receiver and TV. > But I digress. > It is going to be damn cold this and next week, with the possibility of snow and ice this weekend. I priced generators, and bought one from Amazon yesterday. > It arrived this afternoon with free shipping. > How did Amazon do that? Do they have a deal with Home Depot around the corner? It was the same price at HD and Amazon, and Amazon had free delivery. > > Will a helpful Moderator change the title to " Next day free delivery of generator from Amazon? > Thanks! I’m guessing it’s Amazon’s last mile delivery service. People sign up to deliver for Amazon. Amazon places pick up stations about 1 to 2 miles apart and assigns people that area. So, you will pick up however many packages from your assigned spot, and deliver them to people within a mile or so. People have talked about making up to 300 bucks a day, driving like 25 miles total. Amazon was hiring drivers for this before Xmas. Great little gig of you have a minivan. Beats the poo out of Uber. > **[Amazon Delivery Service Partner Program - DSP](https://logistics.amazon.com/)** > > Start your own package delivery business as an Amazon Delivery Service Partner. Become an owner today to start building your logistics team. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-day-free-generator-delivery-from-amazon/805489/24 "2017-12-31T18:39:38Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I’m guessing it’s Amazon’s last mile delivery service. That would explain how they could get me something the same day I order it. I live maybe 10 miles from a distribution center. I’ve ordered things early in the morning (6am) and had them on my porch by dinnertime. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-day-free-generator-delivery-from-amazon/805489/25 "2017-12-31T19:42:45Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I read my own meter and send it in when I pay the bill…i had to buy my own power poles to get electricity installed out here. I was going to say that Entergy does that in some areas. I forgot that you are from around here. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-day-free-generator-delivery-from-amazon/805489/26 "2017-12-31T20:15:08Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > [https://logistics.amazon.com/](https://logistics.amazon.com/) I wasn’t aware of these programs, just got done reading about them, pretty interesting and pretty good method to create a delivery service rapidly. Note: The url above is for delivery businesses. You must have a van with min 300 cubic feet, drivers must be employees of delivery company and must where uniform. The other program is called Flex that is for average joe using whatever car they feel like, no uniform, etc. > **[Amazon Flex - US](https://flex.amazon.com/)** > > Start earning. Use your own vehicle to deliver packages for Amazon as a way of earning extra money to move you closer to your goals. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-day-free-generator-delivery-from-amazon/805489/27 "2017-12-31T20:32:45Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > The other program is called Flex that is for average joe using whatever car they feel like, no uniform, etc. > [https://flex.amazon.com/](https://flex.amazon.com/) And all the little old ladies on the “Neighborhood” app begin posting messages about “Strange man with packages!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-day-free-generator-delivery-from-amazon/805489.md?page=1)