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  • Date Created: 24 Mar 2015 5:02 PM Date Created
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Should Amazon deliver orders with drones?

Amazon.com has moved one small step closer to getting approval for its drone delivery service. A good idea?

 

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  • nlarson
    nlarson over 11 years ago +4
    Members , care to weigh in? What do you think?
  • hawkeyethehacker
    hawkeyethehacker over 11 years ago +3
    Because Häagen-Dazs is awesome.
  • bluescreen
    bluescreen over 11 years ago in reply to hawkeyethehacker +3
    I didn't really think that through when I wrote it: can you really order ice cream from Amazon? That drone would have to move pretty quickly here in LA to get it to my door before the ice cream turned…
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  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 11 years ago

    Sorry to break the ice cream party, but I have a question. How is it practical to deliver with a drone if that drone has to stay below 400 feet and has to be within sight of the operator? How is it cheaper to pay an operator than it is to pay a delivery person? To me this drone delivery idea smells like a publicity stunt.

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    jw0752 over 11 years ago

    Sorry to break the ice cream party, but I have a question. How is it practical to deliver with a drone if that drone has to stay below 400 feet and has to be within sight of the operator? How is it cheaper to pay an operator than it is to pay a delivery person? To me this drone delivery idea smells like a publicity stunt.

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  • crjeder
    crjeder over 11 years ago in reply to jw0752

    @john if the rules for hobbyists apply to commercial drone operators as well they have no value at all. Amazon just got an exception granted. I have no idea under what rules they fly now. Sorry!

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