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The solution is to leave it to a convenience store nearby for a fee, the delivery company UPS or else should cut a deal with all the 7/11s nearby for temporary
by bitcuration 11y ago
The solution is to leave it to a convenience store nearby for a fee, the delivery company UPS or else should cut a deal with all the 7/11s nearby for temporary parcel holding.
Amazon locker is a good starting point, but moe Uber style convenience store joint venture would be a practical solution. There, a startup idea for anyone who care to try.
Last week, a $100 worth package was picked by a guy on cheap bike from my front door 20 minutes after the delivery. Though entirely captured on camera, there is nothing the police could do about it. Amazon might just refund the loss, what if this is eBay or newegg, surely troubling.
- Mandatum 11y agoThis exact thing is very popular in Europe, and in New Zealand they're rolling out third-party pick-up locations. Dairies (convenience stores), supermakets and shopping centres (malls) are signing up to get paid on a per-pickup basis. You can buy something online and ask for it to be delivered to your local dairy where it'll be held for up to 10 days. You're required to show ID when picking it up, but it's so much more convenient than asking for evening or Saturday delivery when you're not sure when the courier will be around to deliver the item (although we're not getting very good estimates from analysing past delivery history for streets, 80% of the time accurate within 30 mins).