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LaserShip is a regional last mile delivery company that services the Eastern United States. LaserShip is based in Vienna, Virginia and has sortation centers in New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina, and Florida.

As of 2015, LaserShip has 62 locations servicing 20 states and the nation's capital. Lasership handles deliveries for Amazon and others in areas stretching from New England down to Florida, specifically Amazon's Same Day sevice.

Misclassification of drivers as independent contractors

In April 2014, the company reached a class-action settlement of $800,000 with drivers in Massachusetts who accused the company of misclassifying them as independent contractors to save money.

Cigarette Settlement

In September 2014, LaserShip reached a $5 million settlement with the city of New York over deliveries of untaxed cigarettes. The original suit alleged that LaserShip had delivered more than 120,000 cartons between 2011 and 2013 violating federal and state laws and resulting in tax losses of 1.9 million. Under the settlement agreement, LaserShip ended all cigarette shipments.

Customer Service Complaints

Lasership has a Better Business Bureau rating of F. The intentional mislabeling of packages as 'left at front door' despite still being in the companies possession or being lost has led to a grassroots petition for Amazon to drop Lasership. The Petition currently has 18,000 signatures.

References

1. ^ http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/rbpublishing/parcel_20150506/#/26
2. Abha Bhattarai (April 13, 2014). "LaserShip looks to expand to the midwest". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
3. Laura Stevens and David Benoit (November 12, 2013). "Activist Investor Daniel Loeb Takes FedEx Stake". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
4. "Hot Companies 2013". Parcel Magazine. July–August 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
5. http://lasership.com/shipping-solutions/ecommerce-shipping
6. ^ "Meet The Real Amazon Drones". Huffington Post. April 24, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
7. "Amazon's Enormous Same-Day Delivery Growth Comes At A Price". Huffington Post. December 26, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
8. "City reaches $5M settlement in cigarette case". Crain's New York Business. September 25, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
9. "Delivery company in un-taxed cigarette racket to pay $5M". New York Post. September 24, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
10. http://www.bbb.org/washington-dc-eastern-pa/business-reviews/delivery-service/lasership-inc-in-vienna-va-1042152/
11. http://www.lasershit.com/
12. http://www.lasershit.com/Petition

Further reading

• "Macy's expands same day delivery to 17 cities as it challenges Amazon". Reuters.

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