Poll Shows People Don't Want Amazon Deliverers to Have Access to Their Homes
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#2Then those people don't have to use the service.
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#3For historical perspective, I remember in 1996 when polls said most people would never use their credit cards to buy things over the internet. Bezos surely remembers that too.
Re: Poll Shows People Don't Want Amazon Deliverers to Have Access to Their Homes
#4If I had a separate mudroom I'd consider it, but having dogs makes it a no-go as it is set up. I'm surprised Amazon hasn't set up a "Amazon Locker" style box that you can get placed on your porch for deliveries. A relatively small one would take care of 90% of my packages.
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#5Who are they polling? I think there's a fairly limited amount of people who would really want this, and lot of people who wouldn't.
You need to live in a city, but not in an apartment building, which is a pretty small (and wealthy) proportion of people. If you live in the suburbs or the country, you probably don't mind leaving packages on the porch. In the city if you don't have a doorman, a package is almost guaranteed to get stolen.
Homicidal maniacs who want to kill total strangers for no reason are pretty rare. Packages thieves are ubiquitous.
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#6If this is Amazon's solution to missing packages, it's the wrong one.
I've never had an issue with Amazon delivery until they used their own drivers. I now frequently have my packages never arrive (I have cameras on my porch. Not being stolen) and four times in the last six months have received a delivery for someone else. It isn't like a package for my next door neighbor, either. They're packages to addresses up to three miles away.
If Amazon wants to reduce missing packages, they need to hire drivers who actually give a shit or go back to using USPS/FedEx/UPS.
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#7There are a lot easier ways to break into a house than to do it through the front door while access is logged and you are being monitored by a video camera.
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#8In a house with multiple people using Prime this could get pretty awkward. I rarely answer my door or even look to see who is there when someone knocks. Last thing I want is Mr.Amazon walking in my living room while I'm on the phone.
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#9For historical perspective, I remember in 1996 when polls said most people would never use their credit cards to buy things over the internet. Bezos surely remembers that too.
Exactly, what the results of this poll really indicate is that amazon customers' houses should be used as warehouses.
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#10If this is Amazon's solution to missing packages, it's the wrong one. I've never had an issue with Amazon delivery until they used their own drivers. I now frequently have my packages never arrive (I have cameras on my porch. Not being stolen) and four times in the last six months have received a delivery for someone else. It isn't like a package for my next door neighbor, either. They're packages to addresses up to…
Agreed. In my area, 2 day shipping usually uses either UPS or USPS. Same day shipping uses their drivers. I've given up expecting it same day.