Arthur Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 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 Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 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 Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 The £80 per year is almost worth it just to not use Yodel
AMLinington Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 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 Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 (edited) Who delivers prime at the moment? Edited March 25, 2014 by Nugget
AMLinington Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 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 Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 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 Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 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 Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 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?
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