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I wonder if the postal services could create an additional service which calculates a heat map of the weight distribution for the package. You could then very
by Scirra_Tom 10y ago
I wonder if the postal services could create an additional service which calculates a heat map of the weight distribution for the package. You could then very accurately I imagine determine if there is actually an iPhone in there, and if someone shows a photo of clay it will be obvious they are scamming if the weight distribution passed as an iPhone distribution during transit.
- soyiuz 10y agoOne could then return broken iPhones. There needs to be stronger verification.
- mikehollinger 10y agoYep. This also wouldn't protect against the "it was damaged in transit" scam either. Depending on how much time you had, I could see someone swapping just enough of a working handset onto a broken handset to "prove" it is was broken, then returning it.
- Shank 10y agoThis is such a complex solution, I'm sure it would be an additional fee, time consuming to implement, and in general, outside the scope of most shipping carriers.
- jrowley 10y agoOr they could x-ray the box on the conveyer belt and intercept any suspect packages in real time for closer inspection.
- rosege 10y agohow about the item has to get opened in front of a third party such as the post office and confirmed that its ok