Remember Webvan (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webvan" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webvan</a>) and Kozmo (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozmo" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozmo</a>)? It will be interesting to see how Google manages the logistics.
Why is Google getting into this? I don't see the value in this. I agree they will get my day to day purchase data but is it worth going through the hassle of launching a physical delivery service? Its just not scalable as quickly. It consumes way too many resources and is a mess to handle the logistics and at the end of the day the margins cannot be high unless they are also selling the goods themselves. Will it be competing with Amazon soon?<p>If not unless my daily purchase data can offset that revenue somehow I don't see how they can sustain this for long.
Six months of free same-day delivery, but what's the value of my purchasing data to Google? Shouldn't testers be compensated for that, or does that fall under the altruistic "Google needs your help?" Am I to think of Google as just another buddy who needs a lift to the bus station?
Um, google, are you really targeting the right people with Target, Toys R US, Staples, and Office Depot? I was about to give it a try, but I don't think I've bought anything from any of those stores ever - nor do I really plan on it either...
<i>If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area (in the city of San Francisco, and the Peninsula from San Mateo to San Jose)</i><p>What, no love for the East Bay :-p