Amazon UK to be paid to deliver coronavirus test kits

Post by **stodgy88** » 25 Mar 2020, 16:42

well personally im just happy that things might be improving.

Post by **Sugar** » 25 Mar 2020, 16:47

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 25 Mar 2020, 16:54

Munchboii wrote:This is an absolute joke. How can it be that Amazon gets this contract but we Royal Mail who go to every household eachday don't even get a sniff??

Because first and foremost Amazon are a retailer and these things are going to be sold.

olilew · Post by **olilew** » 25 Mar 2020, 16:57

So obviously they can't claim we're key workers now delivering essential stuff to fight the virus so we should be out!

Post by **Takeitforaride** » 25 Mar 2020, 17:24

Makes sense to be fair. Amazon is an end to end distribution service. Kits go to Amazon, people order on their platform, Amazon ship to customer, less moving parts, less people taking a cut, one contract, keeps it simple.

blacov · Post by **blacov** » 25 Mar 2020, 17:29

I agree it would be wise to use RM to deliver it give we can cover 99.9% residential addresses in the UK. If amazon or any other courier gets it fast to public I dont care as long as it will stop this frenzy as quick as possible. We are about to hit recession worse than in 2008. The longer this whole thing lasts the harder the recovery will be.

2yearpostie · Post by **2yearpostie** » 25 Mar 2020, 17:34

if these are at home test kits how do they get back to be tested, i wonder if amazon collect them as well because their will loads of infected samples...

ted_e_bear · Post by **ted_e_bear** » 25 Mar 2020, 18:14

Good idea,the test kit that is

Post by **wacko74** » 25 Mar 2020, 18:28

2yearpostie wrote:if these are at home test kits how do they get back to be tested, i wonder if amazon collect them as well because their will loads of infected samples...

That's a very good point, there is no way these should be allowed to be popped into the nearest postbox for us to collect, they should be collected by someone who can handle them in a clinical way and able to treat them as the potential bio-hazard that they obviously are.

Postmanpat6312 · Post by **Postmanpat6312** » 25 Mar 2020, 18:32

Quite honestly do u want to be going to the door of people with symptoms?

ted_e_bear · Post by **ted_e_bear** » 25 Mar 2020, 18:35

2yearpostie wrote:if these are at home test kits how do they get back to be tested, i wonder if amazon collect them as well because their will loads of infected samples...

The device analyzes your sample like a pregnancy test according to the info at the start of this post.

danny2006 · Post by **danny2006** » 25 Mar 2020, 18:35

So how will amazon determine who is self isolating with symptoms? Also going on sale in chemist's, 3.5 million test = how many people live in the UK??

A2B · Post by **A2B** » 25 Mar 2020, 18:43

danny2006 wrote:So how will amazon determine who is self isolating with symptoms? Also going on sale in chemist's, 3.5 million test = how many people live in the UK??

You' would assume they would be addressed and hopefully NHS staff are the priority

Post by **rambo1** » 25 Mar 2020, 19:10

enskied wrote:Or to go on sale on the high St..... Are they MAD. STAY HOME is the message they are giving. If they put it on sale there will be a stampeed for them.

That's what I thought. Do you get a free toilet roll with it.

Post by **rambo1** » 25 Mar 2020, 19:12

Postmanpat6312 wrote:Quite honestly do u want to be going to the door of people with symptoms?

By the laws of averages, that's exactly what we are all doing anyway, we just don't know for sure which doors are 'positive' if you see what I mean.