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Get Amazon to tip your driver $5

GoldenTiger said:
Tl;dr is just type thank my driver into the Amazon search bar and click the result to give your most recent delivery driver a $5 tip at no charge to you. You can do this once per delivery.
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May have misread but I understood that, for each customer, this is also restricted to once per driver.
 
emphy said:
May have misread but I understood that, for each customer, this is also restricted to once per driver.
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Hm I didn't see that, but I always get a different driver each day I have a shipment pretty much anyway.
 
tunatime said:
Why? This tipping everywhere thing is getting crazy.
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Because people are doing a convenience service for those too lazy to go out and buy the stuff themselves, present company included.

And it doesn’t cost you anything except for a bit of time and empathy.
 
yinzerniner said:
Because people are doing a convenience service for those too lazy to go out and buy the stuff themselves, present company included.

And it doesn’t cost you anything except for a bit of time and empathy.
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Two minds about this: certainly better than not tipping, but, um, amazon may not be the place to shop if you care about the people working to get things done for you.
 
Why only $5

Shouldn't it be 20% to 40% value of the item being delivered ?
 
I have a big porch and always shovel it, but there is a tiny little two foot area that snow drifts onto and certain drivers always place my package directly on the snow. It's not the most convinientr spot to place it, they have to walk an extra few feet to place it there.

Not sure if assholes or just retarded, but either way no tip for those drivers.
 
mullet said:
I cant tell you how many hundreds of gallons of gas Amazon has saved me not to mention the rare parts I find on Amazon I can't even get in my local area.
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This really, it tends to be that I can not find what I want locally or price difference is significant and distance to get it is 30+ mins one way.

Amazon says at no cost to us, and I am not one to believe Amazon is just being kind out of the goodness of their own heart, so this is certainly priced in somewhere.

Amazon has positioned the initiative as a way to recognize the intense workload delivery drivers face, especially during the peak holiday shopping season when millions of packages move through the company’s network daily. By covering the cost of every $5 tip itself, the company removes any financial burden from customers while providing drivers with immediate, tangible appreciation.
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Just a way to make it look like they care, instead of paying their workers better salaries.
 
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MrGuvernment said:
This really, it tends to be that I can not find what I want locally or price difference is significant and distance to get it is 30+ mins one way.

Amazon says at no cost to us, and I am not one to believe Amazon is just being kind out of the goodness of their own heart, so this is certainly priced in somewhere.



Just a way to make it look like they care, instead of paying their workers better salaries.
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The lower prices are mainly possible because of extremely efficient supply chains. Even down to how their warehouses are packed. It probably takes amazon less time to find get specific cable out of one of their massive warehouses and into a delivery van than it does for you to find it in your bin.
 
sharknice said:
The lower prices are mainly possible because of extremely efficient supply chains. Even down to how their warehouses are packed. It probably takes amazon less time to find get specific cable out of one of their massive warehouses and into a delivery van than it does for you to find it in your bin.
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Certainly and also if you want to sell on Amazon, better be competitive against all the others selling the same thing right.
 
MrGuvernment said:
Certainly and also if you want to sell on Amazon, better be competitive against all the others selling the same thing right.
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Yep. I also know Walmart pressures brands to lower their prices for their in-store items. They did that to a place I used to work for. I wouldn't be surprised if Amazon did too.
 
Ya, same with Costco, all these mega corp's do it now, push suppliers to price lower so they can offer lower prices to drive customers to their stores.....

it really does screw "the little guy" trying to start a business, because if you do not support these big companies and try to go it on your own....good chance your business won't survive well.
 
95% of our Amazon purchases are delivered by UPS, so does Amazon tip them for me?
 
MrGuvernment said:
Ya, same with Costco, all these mega corp's do it now, push suppliers to price lower so they can offer lower prices to drive customers to their stores.....
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now ;) unlike previous big buyer that did not use their purchasing bulk power to get better price than smaller buyer ? pretty sure bigger department store in the 19th century did the same (and antiquity roman time large buyer has well), economy of scale has always being there. Small individual that buy an small ounce of drugs will try to deal for a lower per grams cost, imagine those who buy 100 millions of them.
 
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Let's get you comfortable with tipping your Amazon driver - we'll cover the cost.

Next thing you know, that option to tip is still there - but we're not covering the cost.

Then later, Amazon makes headlines about how drivers wages getting cut and they are now relying on customer tips.

🇺🇸
 
Tipping for deciding they don't want to finish their route (for some reason my house is always at the end of their route) and just driving by without delivering? Tipping for delivering to the wrong house? Tipping for taking a photo of my package on the ground somewhere that clearly is not my property and then marking it delivered? Tipping for leaving it at the end of the driveway in the rain? Tipping for driving over the lawn (to be fair, I suspect they got instructions to not pull into driveways anymore because of that crap).
 
Reading comments about delivery, I feel like I live in some magic lands, from bad products in the package to the physical delivery, maybe we get over 1 items per day at the house everyone together with less than a single issue a year average it feels like, exceptional service.


mullet said:
Think about it.

NO TAX ON TIPS.
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That would explain it... there is still a lot of tax on tips too (self-employment like many amazon drivers are and state/local are still there)...

But normally no it would not count as a tip, but an employer performance bonus, tips for the IRS only count if the customer as full unrestricted control on the amount with no employer negotiation:
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/tip-income-is-taxable-and-must-be-reported
Four factors determine whether a payment qualifies as a tip. Normally, all four must apply:

  • The customer makes the payment free from compulsion;
  • The customer must have the unrestricted right to determine the amount;
  • The payment should not be the subject of negotiations or dictated by employer policy; and
  • Generally, the customer has the right to determine who receives the payment.
Could be wrong here, that from a quick search.

motivating drivers during peak work season and getting people to use alexa/amazon app is probably what going on.
 
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Man I worked for ups one holiday season. I don't hesitate to tip my amazon driver with Amazon's money. I would not want that job any day of the week so $5 from Amazon's wallet to theirs is something I'm happy to do. If your driver sucks, that's a different story.
 
mullet said:
I cant tell you how many hundreds of gallons of gas Amazon has saved me not to mention the rare parts I find on Amazon I can't even get in my local area.
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Amazon deliveries are a lot like mass transit for shopping. You driving to a store along with a hundred or so of others (I'm not sure how many people get orders in a single truck load)who order stuff that is packed on the same van. Sure the Amazon van may not be as fuel efficient, and yes it takes a much longer route, but it has to be a net positive in energy needed to get all the goods to a final destination
 
Hmm, I did it once thru app yesterday and just now did it with fire cube. Definitely worth it today for the two cases of Arizona green tea.
 
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