Originally Posted by
RobertHurst
Okay, you've got 15 minutes to move a non-emailable package from one highrise downtown to another. Let's call it, say, 10 or 15 blocks, not far at all. Don't forget that it takes about 5-8 minutes, generally, just to get in and out of the first building after you've arrived there, due to elevator rides and whatnot. What sort of 'alternative means' do you think we could employ to get that job done? You certainly stand to revolutionize the delivery business, and make a ----load of money, if you can come up with something.
Bike messengers exist for a reason, and it isn't to bunch your panties.
Robert, name one unmailable package? Everything is mailable.
I realize that some legal firms and other do cut it close in getting documents from place to place. If bike messengers were to go the way of the dinosaur these busiess would have to ajust to the new reality. Much as we've all adjusted to the incinveniences of living in a post 9/11 world.
I'm in the securities biz. years ago when someone bought a stock or bond they had a 10 days to pay for it. Then the governemnt cut it to a week, and then to 3 days. If the trade isn't paid for on time we are forced by government regualtion to sell out the customer, at the customer's expense.
I tell you that to tell you this: Weas an indutry squealed like stuck pigs trying to get the government to reconsider or back off. No deal. So what did we do? We adapted. We email confirms in addition to mailing them. We employ UPS and Fedex. We have clients pre-fund accounts and we use margin, that is give the cleint the ability to borrow against their assets, if the check for payment doesn't arrive.
The point is we found a way to make it work. The same thing would happen if your cleints don't have the 15 minute option. They will adapt.