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> It's not a stretch to have groceries delivered all the way to your fridge I think I'm mostly kidding... soon you'll be able to have a housemates as a servic
by amorphid 9y ago
> It's not a stretch to have groceries delivered all the way to your fridge
I think I'm mostly kidding... soon you'll be able to have a housemates as a service. You pay random people to come to you home, open the fridge, and drink the delivered milk right out of the container.
- munificent 9y agoThe next logical step is to use everyone's home as an impromptu fulfillment center. Let's say Amazon has a full list of every possession you own and the price you're willing to sell it for. Any time someone goes to buy a thing, they find a nearby place that has it for the cheapest price, including shipping. If you happen to win that round, they sending a shipping person^H^H^H^H^H^Hdrone copter into your home to pick up the item and transfer it to the buyer. They automatically credit your account the appropriate amount.
- JetSpiegel 9y agoIn that dark future, the underground economy returns to barter to avoid Amazon fees. I trade a pack of Jaffa Cakes for that 2L bottle of Coke.
- uptown 9y agoThey’re called housesitters. Amazon probably isn’t in this market yet but could happen through some of their residential service-oriented catalog.