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I am mostly surprised that we have an "uber for XYZ" cropping up, as opposed to a general-purpose delivery service winning out, like postmates. this makes me t

by lmg643 12y ago

I am mostly surprised that we have an "uber for XYZ" cropping up, as opposed to a general-purpose delivery service winning out, like postmates. this makes me think - perhaps most of the value in the delivery service is the catalog of specific goods you want, and less so how they will actually get it to you. for example - sure postmates could deliver medical marijuana, but perhaps not the exact strain you prefer to treat your affliction. interesting too - the delivery will probably just get easier over time, particularly if we ever figure out the rules for commercial drones. so focus on catalogs of stuff people really want (catalogs that don't already exist).

jcrites 12y ago
Postmates is a great delivery service, but at least in Seattle they cannot handle certain types of special deliveries, such as the delivery of alcohol or tobacco. It was explained to me as a licensing issue. For similar reasons I doubt they'd be willing or able to handle cannabis at the moment. I could imagine this changing in the future. I heard that Postmates can deliver alcohol in California; and Amazon Fresh can deliver alcohol today in Seattle. But I suspect there would be many barriers to overcome for cannabis delivery (assuming it can be done lawfully at all).