Amazon HQ2 Thread

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  1. LuPoor

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    It's a distribution center, settle down
     
  2. pez

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    you’re a warehouse
     
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  3. Tug

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    I think you’re underplaying the housing values in Detroit and overplaying the impact of a warehouse.
     
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  4. LuPoor

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    Shawn's building a lovely retirement nest egg on the twin pillars of Funko Pops and Detroit real estate
     
  5. southside

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    The play when amazon opens an FC is two things:

    1. Open a Jimmy John's as close as possible
    2. Open a Fast Signs franchise


    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
     
  6. Shawn Hunter

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    Some of my Funko Pops are already worth over 5x what I paid for them!!
     
  7. Tug

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    but why
     
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  8. Lip

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    You’re about 5 years late here bud.
     
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  9. M'ark Pepperonio

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    I'd ask what a Funko Pop is but I really don't give a fuck
     
  10. Goose

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    Today on TMB I learned that at a new fulfillment center that adds a fuckload of semi traffic raises your property value 5x
     
  11. Shawn Hunter

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    I don’t know why. I’m just reporting the facts.
     
  12. TylerDurden

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  13. Redav

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    Dang remember all that shit AOC got for this?
     
  14. Bruce Wayne

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  15. theregionsitter

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  16. NDfanPSUgrad

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    Is there a Prime day thread?
     
  17. Truman

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  18. southlick

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  19. jorge

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    From the company that brought you counterfeit computer parts from China, now introducing counterfeit meds from China!
     
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  20. Redav

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    Alexa, order pharmaceutical grade cocaine
     
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  21. hood b. goode

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    as someone who works for a online pharmacy company , yikes
     
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  22. Shawn Hunter

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    Yikes in what way?
     
  23. Kirk Fogg

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    How’s it working out for other online retailers that have competed against Amazon?
     
  24. hood b. goode

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    Big new competitor for us
     
  25. southside

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    This is why they bought PillPack.
     
  26. southlick

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  27. The Banks

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    (to executive chair)
     
  28. hood b. goode

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  29. southlick

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  30. Bruce Wayne

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    I’m sure it’s just out of caution for traffic and not to happen organizing efforts

     
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  31. Goose

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    Amazon is really just Walmart with better marketing. Also helps you can’t see their employees
     
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  32. Truman

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  33. DuffandMuff

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    vote wasn't close
     
  34. southlick

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  35. BudKilmer

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    Fuck got Bezos
     
  36. Bruce Wayne

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    Real pic

     
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  37. beerme

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    They built that for only $21mil?
     
  38. Bruce Wayne

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    Can't imagine the property values are very high in that particular slum in Tijuana
     
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  39. theregionsitter

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    prefabricated walls
     
  40. Anison

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    Yeah but it’s not about the property value, even if the land was free a $21mm construction cost is fantastically low. By comparison, it’s 1/10th the cost of warehouses Amazon has built recently in Miami, Virginia and Pflugerville TX, among others.
     
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  41. Bruce Wayne

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    It was a bad joke. Bezos is just exploiting a terribly poor population for his benefit. Yao face if that warehouse is going to have 1/10th of the safety features and procedures of any of his places here.
     
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  42. skiedfrillet

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    Lots of haters in here jealous of Bezos exporting some American freedom to Mexico
     
  43. Goose

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    I mean it's not really fair to compare the warehouses based off $ value unless you're comparing the same types of warehouses.

    I can't speak for the Miami warehouse but the VA (assuming Suffolk area) and Pflugerville, TX warehouses have automation systems that cost over $100m+ each. That $21m warehouse could just be bulk items moved around on forklifts

    Amazon's construction safety standards are also the most stringent I have ever worked with
     
  44. Goose

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    thanks for making me cape for amazon
     
  45. bro

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    https://apnews.com/article/technolo...ntertainment-ef58e2357b1c41749c9ff841504662f2

    Amazon says it is bringing its palm-recognition technology to the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver and it will be available at other venues in the coming months. It’s the first time the technology, called Amazon One, will be used outside some of Amazon’s stores, where shoppers can pay for groceries and snacks by swiping their palms.

    Starting Tuesday, concertgoers at Red Rocks can sign up to connect their palm to a ticketing account by hovering their hand over a device. They only need to sign up once and then can use their palm to get into other shows and events at the venue. An Amazon account is not needed to use it.

    Amazon signed a deal with entertainment company AEG to bring the technology to Red Rocks, which sells tickets on AEG’s ticketing site, AXS.

    Bryan Perez, CEO of AXS, said other venues plan to add the technology in the coming months but he declined to say where or how many. AEG partners with more than 350 stadiums and theaters around the world.





    going to a concert next week. Guess I will use my hand to get in :idk:
     
  46. BudKilmer

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  47. The Banks

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    So if you’re making 50% margin on your product, if you sell it on Amazon instead of making $50 on your $100 product, you’re making just $20?
     
  48. Goose

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    That’s how I understand it