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> enough secure depot's ...like a Post Office?
by atomi 7y ago
> enough secure depot's
...like a Post Office?
- tw04 7y agoYou solved it! Except the post office won't accept Fedex or UPS packages, and if you try to have a package delivered to one, UPS and Fedex will refuse the shipment. https://www.quora.com/Will-FedEx-deliver-my-package-to-my-local-post-office-address-that-I-provided https://www.quora.com/Will-FedEx-deliver-my-package-to-my-lo...
- js2 7y agoYou can redirect FedEx packages to any local Walgreens up to midnight before the delivery day. UPS has something similar with CVS. For me this is even more convenient than USPS due to more locations and longer hours. It works even for signature-required packages. https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/fedex.jsp https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/fedex.jsp https://www.cvs.com/content/ups?linkId=77387667 https://www.cvs.com/content/ups?linkId=77387667
- tw04 7y agoThat's cool and something I didn't know about, but I'd still argue it does nothing to solve porch pirates in 90% of the country. CVS and Walgreens are non-existent in rural America outside of large towns/cities.
- greglindahl 7y agoMost people in the US live near a large town or city. The coverage metric that's interesting is people, not area. When I last lived in a rural area, the UPS guy would leave packages inside my unlocked car.
- close04 7y agoIf only post offices were used they'd become a huge bottleneck in many cities due to queuing and also packages get delivered by many other private companies. So lockers (Amazon locker, DHL locker) or designated drop off locations that can be a regular store or kiosk also pick up the slack.