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on Wednesday October 18 2017, @07:37AM
from the stick-your-purchases-in-your-boot-for-you? dept.
from the stick-your-purchases-in-your-boot-for-you? dept.
In the minds of mobile shoppers, where is the line between convenience and personal space/privacy? We now have two retailers — Walmart and Amazon, the giants of in-store and online shopping, respectively — separately testing programs to deliver purchases directly into your home or your car trunk when the shopper is nowhere near.
Both efforts rely on mobile devices connecting shoppers to the scene of the delivery, where customers can theoretically watch the delivery in real time. It isn't practical or likely, but that's the idea. Mobile is what justifies these attempts.
Does the trunk of your car really make for a more secure delivery, or is it multiplying insecurities?
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by Nuke on Wednesday October 18 2017, @08:41AM (4 children)
Why not have a cupboard in the wall of your house, or externally, into which a courier can drop things? It could be left unlocked and then lock automatically when the courier re-shuts the door after the drop. I do have something like that myself, a large mail box with a combination lock. I put the combination in my address for package delivery, and change it from time to time. Problem is whether the courier has enough grey cells to unsderstand the system, but if it were more widely used ...........
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 18 2017, @09:05AM
If you tell me your address, it will be my pleasure to drop by and lock it before the courier arrives.
(Score: 2) by deadstick on Wednesday October 18 2017, @12:07PM
It will be interesting to see if home builders start offering a sort of "air lock" -- unlockable on the outside by authorized delivery services, on the inside only by the owner. You could give blanket authorization to UPS, Fedex, etc. or you could give them a one-time code when you make an order.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday October 18 2017, @01:25PM (1 child)
I think they have a system like that in the Canadian maritimes. Everyone seemed to have a cabinet like that at the foot of their driveway instead of the mailbox you'd see elsewhere.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 18 2017, @01:46PM
Bear proof mailboxes? Interesting. And, probably moose proof too! But, what about the rodents?