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> The system started to charge you, like 5$/day or something, for non-picked-up packages after like day 3. Guess who got a nasty surcharge after spending a mont

> The system started to charge you, like 5$/day or something, for non-picked-up packages after like day 3. Guess who got a nasty surcharge after spending a month away for work and no email to tell me that things would get surcharged? Yeah, 150$ for some random thing my sister sent me unannounced was not a lot of fun. Why is nobody talking about the most important point? THIS is the most important point. $5 a day is a LOT of money and I am outraged. Is everyone here financially independent or something? I have agonized over buying a used desktop/laptop computer for months and that purchase is well under $200. None of the rest of the story matters. What matters at the end of the day is the money. Are you guys paying attention to where your money is going? If I was in charge, changing the terms of rental like this would be a criminal offense and the management would be in prison for years.

avn2109 9y ago
Why is this thing electronic at all? Why isn't it just a purely mechanical system where when you get a package, they drop the key to the big package-sized lockbox in your little letter-sized mailbox?
- vinay427 9y ago
  This is what the USPS, Canada Post, and some other postal services do in community mailboxes. The only problem is when someone forgets to pickup a package as the box is rendered unusable until they do, which can be a challenge with only a few package boxes for every 5-10 mailboxes.
- krallja 9y ago
  Most US apartment mailboxes are locked with a key, so the USPS is the only one who can leave a package key for you. UPS and FedEx cannot legally open your mailbox, either, even if it doesn't have a lock.
dilemma 9y ago
>$5 a day is a LOT of money and I am outraged. Sounds like someone is desperate to feel oppressed. That's a Facebook group, check it out.
dang 9y ago
Would you please not rant like this here? You have a good point that $5 a day is a lot for many people, but venting bile is not a good way to make your points on Hacker News. You emit more pollution this way than information, and if we're to have a functioning community, not polluting the local ecosystem is each member's first responsibility.
- thanksgiving 9y ago
  Thank you for your moderation. I got carried away. I will try not let let that happen again.
  - dang 9y ago
    It's such a pleasure when someone replies to moderation with moderation. Thank you!

avn2109 9y ago

Why is this thing electronic at all? Why isn't it just a purely mechanical system where when you get a package, they drop the key to the big package-sized lockbox in your little letter-sized mailbox?

vinay427 9y ago
This is what the USPS, Canada Post, and some other postal services do in community mailboxes. The only problem is when someone forgets to pickup a package as the box is rendered unusable until they do, which can be a challenge with only a few package boxes for every 5-10 mailboxes.
krallja 9y ago
Most US apartment mailboxes are locked with a key, so the USPS is the only one who can leave a package key for you. UPS and FedEx cannot legally open your mailbox, either, even if it doesn't have a lock.

dilemma 9y ago

>$5 a day is a LOT of money and I am outraged. Sounds like someone is desperate to feel oppressed. That's a Facebook group, check it out.

dang 9y ago

Would you please not rant like this here? You have a good point that $5 a day is a lot for many people, but venting bile is not a good way to make your points on Hacker News. You emit more pollution this way than information, and if we're to have a functioning community, not polluting the local ecosystem is each member's first responsibility.

thanksgiving 9y ago
Thank you for your moderation. I got carried away. I will try not let let that happen again.
- dang 9y ago
  It's such a pleasure when someone replies to moderation with moderation. Thank you!