Just to clarify: I was not an Amazon employee. They were smart about that when they set it up. They farm the routes to third party delivery companies. Then they can ride the delivery companies, as others have said in other comments, for poor performance.

I was only over the road as a truck driver for one year when I was younger. I enjoyed it then, but I just do local deliveries now. I go home every night and I'm paid hourly. It's a much better situation for me.

Lastly, Amazon does not pay for gas or car repairs, whether you are a delivery company or an individual using your personal vehicle. You are also a contractor.

This is true. When I worked for a delivery service delivering Amazon, we had to be there at 6 and be on the road by 7. I had to start delivering that early, even though I wasn't allowed to ring the doorbell or call anyone for access until 8 AM. I often had to spend more time going back to redeliver later in the day because of their stupidity. I had a lady call the police on me and start filming me when I went on her porch even though I had a vest on that said Amazon. Everyone had to stop for lunch at the same time everyday. If you finished early you had to go rescue packages from another driver. To make it worse, they wouldn't keep you on the same route everyday, which meant you might have to learn one or more new sets of apartment complex buildings on any given day, etc. I was lucky because I had years of delivery experience as a courier and truck driver. It was also the best job I ever had because I got 30K steps nearly every day and lost 60 pounds. Sadly, the pay tops out at like $15-20 an hour. I went back to truck driving and make far more now.

I should have said that CDs are slowly gaining popularity again, but you can still find them pretty cheaply at garage sales, thrift stores and even record stores. Also check listings for record shows in your area because there are usually vendors there and most will unload them cheap unless it's something really rare.

You will save yourself a whole lot of money and headaches if you collect CDs over vinyl, but records are special. I definitely would not spend money on downloads, unless no physical material exists for that artist. It really depends on how you enjoy music. If you are home a great deal of the time, vinyl is fun if you have a decent set up. If you are on the go and home very little, you might consider CDs that you can rip to your phone or mp3 player. Also, vinyl is very heavy after you accumulate a good bit of it. You also need decent shelving to hold it all or crates. CDs are much easier to move around and store. I have found that CDs that I rip to my computer and then transfer to my phone sound much better than streaming audio. But I don't have any interest in maintaining a cd collection, only vinyl. Good luck and have fun!

Absolutely. You are not alone. I get obsessed with an artist sometimes and want to hear their whole catalog. But I also mix in other stuff, like a 75/25 ratio to keep from burning out on them. I generally listen to entire albums at once.