Speedy Delivery: A Laptop in just 13 Minutes
An X user named Sunny Gupta recently shared his experience buying a laptop through Flipkart Minutes, a quick commerce service that Flipkart recently introduced to a few neighborhoods in Bengaluru.
When he placed the order, Gupta was told he would get his new Acer Predator laptop in seven minutes. But after completing the purchase, he checked the tracking page and learned that his delivery order would be “slightly delayed” and arrive in 12 minutes.
The laptop actually arrived in 13 minutes, taking 86 percent longer than the initial estimate, but Gupta seemed quite pleased. So did some other social media users, taking pride in the speedy delivery. "This is my new India,” wrote one person. “A service like this can only be dreamed in Western countries.”
Flipkart Minutes, created to provide competition to platforms such as Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart, and Zepto, has also been launched in Gurugram and other parts of NCR region. Consumers can receive groceries, electronics and other products in as little as eight minutes. These platforms achieve amazing delivery times by opening dark stores in various neighborhoods—small warehouses that carry numerous items. (People who live next door to one of these dark stores may one day benefit from Flipkart Seconds.)
Among the many comments on Gupta’s laptop purchase, one person wrote, “No one asked for a 7-minute laptop delivery, but I am happy to see the growth of Indian e-commerce and its increasing competitiveness.”
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Compiled and partly written by Indian humorist MELVIN DURAI, author of the novel Bala Takes the Plunge.
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