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Most takeaway orders happen at a different time of day from when most people are going home from work. Unless the restaurant can use this system for a substant

by mooism2 16y ago

Most takeaway orders happen at a different time of day from when most people are going home from work. Unless the restaurant can use this system for a substantial proportion of their deliveries, it will be more hassle than it's worth.

aherlambang 16y ago
I am not only considering it just for restaurants, as explained on my reply below.
- mooism2 16y ago
  The "substantial proportion" bit still holds for other businesses. For general package delivery, what happens if the recipient is not in and the package cannot be delivered? The courier will not want to turn round and take the package back to the depot. If they take it home with them, they have a package they don't want taking up space in their home. How much do individual couriers earn, anyway? How much money are you trying to save for customers?
  - aherlambang 16y ago
    That can be solved by having some rule: 1. Package not picked up after X amount of days are discarded, unless a communication between the courier and receiver are made I am trying to save them at least not getting a higher price than the regular USPS but faster delivery time. That is the goal
lsc 16y ago
Eh, I think that the delivery idea has the potential to attract people doing it for the money. You could be "the ebay of courier services" (or, at least, that's how I imagine describing it to a vc, not that you'd need vc for a project like this) I mean, I know this is getting away from the "crowdsourcing" idea, but as I said in another post, I know there are many times I'd be glad to pay taxi per-mile rates for someone to pick up my food, especially if you could figure out a way to make sure they are somewhat trustworthy. I also know there are plenty of people around here who would be willing to work for taxi per-mile rates. If you do it right, you could even have an 'elastic' system where very heavy days/times paid better/cost more for delivery. I mean, once I ordered a pizza, not realizing it was superbowl Sunday. the pizza got here three hours later.

by mooism2 16y ago

aherlambang 16y ago

I am not only considering it just for restaurants, as explained on my reply below.

mooism2 16y ago
The "substantial proportion" bit still holds for other businesses. For general package delivery, what happens if the recipient is not in and the package cannot be delivered? The courier will not want to turn round and take the package back to the depot. If they take it home with them, they have a package they don't want taking up space in their home. How much do individual couriers earn, anyway? How much money are you trying to save for customers?
- aherlambang 16y ago
  That can be solved by having some rule: 1. Package not picked up after X amount of days are discarded, unless a communication between the courier and receiver are made I am trying to save them at least not getting a higher price than the regular USPS but faster delivery time. That is the goal

lsc 16y ago

Eh, I think that the delivery idea has the potential to attract people doing it for the money. You could be "the ebay of courier services" (or, at least, that's how I imagine describing it to a vc, not that you'd need vc for a project like this) I mean, I know this is getting away from the "crowdsourcing" idea, but as I said in another post, I know there are many times I'd be glad to pay taxi per-mile rates for someone to pick up my food, especially if you could figure out a way to make sure they are somewhat trustworthy. I also know there are plenty of people around here who would be willing to work for taxi per-mile rates. If you do it right, you could even have an 'elastic' system where very heavy days/times paid better/cost more for delivery. I mean, once I ordered a pizza, not realizing it was superbowl Sunday. the pizza got here three hours later.