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WEBVTT 19 GET ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT THERE. SOON, YOU CAN GET SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. AMAZON MIGHT GET INTO THE ALCOHOL DELIVERY BUSINESS. >> THAT IS THE MOST CONVENIENT. ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON. REPORTER HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THEI EFFORT TO LAUNCH YOUR DELIVERY. THEY APPLY FOR PERMITS FOR THE STATE OF OHIO. IF APPROVED, AMAZON WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER BEER, WINE, AND WILL PROVE OUT. -- L PROOF ALCOHOL. >> IT WOULD BE TOO BAD IF YOU ARE TOO TIRED OR TOO LAZY. >> ANYTHING NEW OR DIFFERENT, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE A FINE IDEA. >> I THINK IT IS A COOL IDEA. I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH IT. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE OPPOSED TO HAVING A LIQUOR STORE ON THE INTERNET.

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You can go to the liquor store, or you can go to the carry out, but soon you might not have to go any farther than your front door to grab a beer. Amazon is looking to enter the alcohol delivery business in Ohio. Prime Now LLC has submitted applications for alcohol permits in two locations – one in Cincinnati and one in Columbus. The Cincinnati area site is a warehouse building in Winton Hills. That building is already a hub for Amazon FLEX, a package delivery service operated by Amazon. If the state of Ohio approves the necessary permits, Prime Now LLC would be allowed to deliver beer, wine and low-proof alcohol. The types of products would be more similar to the kind of alcohol you can buy at the grocery store, not the stronger alcohol available only at Ohio liquor stores. Amazon has already shown a willingness to try new ideas. They recently opened a pick-up location near the University of Cincinnati campus. We talked to people in that area about the idea of Amazon bringing booze right to your front door. “I feel like it wouldn’t be too bad if you’re too lazy or something and you don’t want to go out, because I feel like a lot of college kids are like that,” said UC student Gabi Conard. There are some concerns, though. “I feel like there could be a lot of problems with it as well as identifying someone is of age to buy alcohol on the internet,” said UC Student Kurtis Kester. Sharon Johnson, an Amazon customer, said she likes the convenience of having something brought right to her home. "I do love the thought of having things arrive on my doorstep and I don't have to go out and lug them in,” Johnson said.