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The words "Maximum Capacity" at the bottom of the page expand when clicked to reveal "If your messenger refuses delivery due to size/value/fragility or possible
by Maxious 13y ago
The words "Maximum Capacity" at the bottom of the page expand when clicked to reveal "If your messenger refuses delivery due to size/value/fragility or possible illegality, a cancellation fee will apply"
- rdl 13y agoYou clearly wouldn't declare "cocaine, 1kg" on the package, so I don't think drugs would be easy to catch. (although I think end-user-retail p2p lockers would be much better for this than couriers). With cats, I suppose couriers might refuse them -- walking down the street with a cat carrier would be kind of unpleasant, and it would be worse on a bike.
- biftek 13y agoWe had a rule at the company I messengered at: Never ask what’s in the package. But I honestly doubt anyone ever trusted us with drugs, the most memorable things I delivered were A) a pee cup (luckily empty) and B) an industrial size sink from Wall St. to 42nd.
- bertil 13y agoThat made me wonder: why wouldn’t they suggest to use a Uber Car in case the object was large or fragile? Sounds like a perfect case of up-sell. I can already imagine lawyers having a field-day on the words ‘possible illegality’.
- rdl 13y agoParking.
- bertil 13y agoI’m not sure how that is more of a problem than what Uber faces for the moment: imagine a bike messenger (heavily branded as it seems they are going to be) facing a parcel that isn’t ridiculously large, but still not ideal to carry in a messenger bag — smaller than a carry-on luggage. Shouldn’t he be able to say: “Look, I can strap that and risk crashing your box, or for $3 more I can ask this Uber driver who’s idle right now to do the delivery for you. He’ll be here in three minutes.”