I tell you, this service has been a godsend. Emergency trip to the hospital, no food at home? Prime Now.
Living alone sick, no food in the home? Prime Now.
Parents feeling poorly and I'm 3 states away? Prime Now.
Living alone sick, no food in the home? Prime Now.
Parents feeling poorly and I'm 3 states away? Prime Now.
> Living alone sick, no food in the home? Prime Now.
> Parents feeling poorly and I'm 3 states away? Prime Now.
I hope that any of those three events don't happen to you (or to anyone else) very often.
I mean, I perfectly understand the utility of the service, in a given set of "emergencies", but the profitability (at scale) would come if the service is used consistently, every day, not in a handful of (hopefully) not often recurring cases.
I would frequently get heads down on a project, realize I needed widget X, would order on Prime Now, continue my work, and have the widget when I needed it.
As soon as it’s introduced to Birmingham my suburban life will be complete...
> Need kitty litter but don't have a car and don't want to hulk 80 lbs of litter home? Prime now.
> Need a random ass torx screw driver and don't want to drive to home depot across town? Prime now.
> Forgot the ground beef but don't have time to get it because the oven is already on, cooking for the company coming over? Prime now.
> At a beer festival and sick of standing but didn't bring your camping chairs because you don't have any? Prime now.
> Standing in line outside in the rain but didn't bring an umbrella? Prime now.
> Ran out of Christmas cards? Prime now.
> Nieces birthday and no time to go shopping? Prime now.
As somebody who lives in the city without a car and nowhere near a home depot or a grocery store that is open past 10pm, prime now has been an absolute godsend. The fact that I can order a ton of items that I just _cant_ find locally no matter how hard I look, but also don't want to wait for shipping from Amazon/Ebay/whatnot is an absolute godsend.
I don't think you need to cook up an emergency to have a good reason to use Prime Now. I have tons of 'micro emergencies' every month where I'd gladly tip my driver a bit to bring my items within a few hours.
Yep, your examples are a lot less "emergencies", the previous examples were all connected to unpleasant events, but - with all due respect - yours are all connected to the same "base issue", forgetting to procure in time (or in advance) whatever you need.
A very handy solution, in those cases.
I cant tell if this is a serious question? I definitely do not have more than 1 weeks worth of food in my home.
On the morning of the grocery shopping day, I'd guess most families do not have 7 days of food left to eat.
In America, the average # of grocery trips per week was ~2.[1]
That frequency doesn't seem so strange if the number of trips is affected by: (1) family size such as 4 people including 2 parents + 2 children, (2) refrigerator size of typically less than 20 cu ft (not the luxury 28+ cu ft or extra refrigerator in the garage), and (3) preference for fresh & perishable food instead of canned items.
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/251728/weekly-number-of-...
Is it horribly wasteful and inefficient? yes. Does that get factored into the equation? no.
Emergency food is emergency food.
My emergency supplies have food, but I don't eat the emergency food unless there is an emergency.