Amazon Prime

[Arthur]

Amazon to invest in the Yodel delivery service « The Guardian

 

Amazon has struck a deal with the Barclay brothers, owners of the Ritz hotel and Telegraph newspaper titles, to acquire a stake in Yodel, which was recently voted Britain's worst parcel delivery service for the second year running.

 

More than 10% of Amazon's $75bn (£45.5bn) global revenues are thought to be made up of sales to customers in the UK, although the US group controversially books these transactions through its Luxembourg-based office.

 

The decision to strike a deal with Yodel appears to signal that Amazon is prepared to support Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay's loss-making business in the crowded parcel delivery market.

 

Yodel accounts show Amazon has been given an option to acquire 4.2% of Yodel in a deal which values the business at £207m. The option to acquire the stake for £8.7m remains open until 2022.

[AMLinington]

Amazon to invest in the Yodel delivery service « The Guardian

 

WHY? Why would they do such a thing? The minute prime goes over to using Yodel I will be cancelling my subscription.

[Garacesh]

The £80 per year is almost worth it just to not use Yodel

[AMLinington]

The £80 per year is almost worth it just to not use Yodel

 

Almost? It's a decisive factor for me! Here's hoping they don't make 'Amazon delivery' the defacto for Prime. Yodel couldn't deliver sand to a beach.

[Nugget]

Who delivers prime at the moment? Edited March 25, 2014 by Nugget

[AMLinington]

Who delivers prime at the moment?

 

Depends on where you live but usually DPD or Parcelforce. I'd say 3/4 of my parcels are delivered by DPD. I've had a UPS delivery too.

[Nugget]

Depends on where you live but usually DPD or Parcelforce. I'd say 3/4 of my parcels are delivered by DPD. I've had a UPS delivery too.

 

Ok thanks very much

[glennda]

Who delivers prime at the moment?

 

It varies - dpd i would say are the best but parcelfarce and royal mail do bits.

 

It all depends which warehouse it comes from and the size

[penfold]

I've now got my wife to share her prime subscription so I get access to the next day delivery stuff but just to clarify, does this mean I can get access to the instant video on my account too? I mean I looked through some of the shows last night and added them to a watch list but was on my wifes account. As we sometimes watch different stuff, can I use my amazon account for the streaming too? Or does the instant video only apply to the original account?