These improved logistics have been made possible by the Computer and its Internet. And Amazon is at the center of this network.
Recently, I decided I had to have a Windows 10 laptop. So instead of shopping for one down here, in Costa Rica, where the prices are high - I shopped on Amazon - and found this. It was shipped to my address in Miami, in two days! My shipping service (Aeropost) will fly it to the nearest large town (Cartago) where I will pick it up next week.
Even the Tico post office is doing this - if I subscribe to their new Box service. I have to rent a post office box (which I already have) and let them use my credit card. I can then buy on the Internet, and ship my purchases to my mail box. It will route my purchases through Customs for me, and place them in a packages room, right next to the mailboxes. I will get a notice in my mailbox, that I will take to the package room - and get my package! But you have to be fluent in Spanish to do this.
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