Why am I not surprised
Colorado businesses say new retail delivery fee hurts them more than Amazon, DoorDash
Jul 14, 2022 By Ed Sealover – Senior Reporter, Denver Business Journal
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Smaller companies and contractors worry 'we’re just collateral damage for an implementation that’s been clunky.'
A recently enacted delivery fee in Colorado, which was promoted as a fee on Amazon and DoorDash to improve transportation infrastructure, is impacting a much broader swath of companies that deliver any sold products to customers.
Businesses in recent weeks have voiced increasing concerns about the retail delivery fee, a 27-cent-per-trip that launched on July 1 after being passed as a provision in the $5.3 billion infrastructure funding bill that Gov. Jared Polis signed into law last year.
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This is one good example of Colorado becoming less business-friendly and at a time when governments are flush with money. The fact that Colorado flavored representatives fight over 'big ideas' at the little guys expense is unseemly. As if it wasn't hard enough out there and will likely get even harder for little guys... I shake my head.
Speaking from my own experience approximately 25% of my Uber riders are among the poorest of the poor, but they have jobs and need a way to get back and forth to work. Another 25% are one step up, they're average Joe's and Juanita's that need to work to pay the rent, feed the kids.
The other half (since I like to work after dark), many do rideshare when they plan to drink for entertainment or even to have a nice meal. Taking rideshare to the airport is a much more efficient use of their time and is better than having their car stolen from airport parking.
The irony is that one fee is not that much, shouldn't be a big deal but OTOH why even bother with the nuisance. For small business it's added paper work and man-hours just to comply.
Just my opinion that being business unfriendly is not smart.