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Solutions 1. Every house installs a dropoff box. This box allows owner to activate or deactivate which delivery companies get to access it I like this. No more write special delivery note. 2. Open more amazon lockers that allow bigger sizes and more flexible delivery time Actually #1 is the right solution
Solutions 1. Every house installs a dropoff box. This box allows owner to activate or deactivate which delivery companies get to access it I like this. No more write special delivery note. 2. Open more amazon lockers that allow bigger sizes and more flexible delivery time Actually #1 is the right solution
Yes. And that system should be open and not tied to a specific delivery company.
This dropoff box is nothing but a larger mailbox. BTW in some states in America, your mailbox must meet certain standard....
In Toronto, Canada, if given the option, I always prefer FlexDelivery, when I can choose delivery to any post office even if it is not anywhere close to my home. It is much easier for me to mosey up to the post office steps away from my office in downtown and then bring stuff home, than try to make it to the office in my neighbourhood before closing.
Unfortunately, too many shippers do not support FlexDelivery, and this is a hassle. Amazon could start with that or strategically place the electronic lockboxes around downtown: the ridiculous amount of people work in a relatively small area of downtown core.
Solutions 1. Every house installs a dropoff box. This box allows owner to activate or deactivate which delivery companies get to access it I like this. No more write special delivery note. 2. Open more amazon lockers that allow bigger sizes and more flexible delivery time Actually #1 is the right solution
Sounds like a mailbox, just bigger.
The real complication is not isolated houses, but apartment buildings with shared entryways and/or limited space.
If 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…
Had some issues with an amazon delivery and talked to the driver about fixing it for next time. They shrugged and said amazon pays like crap and the driver turn over is high. So high that I'd likely not get the same driver for my next delivery. Does seem like a bad way to run a business. Seems strange for amazon to propose entering into a house instead of just selling a locked box that you and deliveries could use.
Then they can rejoin the poorly paying gig economy and hopefully get paid enough to have things delivered to them by their replacements.
They're making this optional only if wanted so I this doesn't matter to me I'm sure some people have some value.
For lower-cost items Amazon just puts it under my welcome mat (just got one today under the mat) at my front door that is covered. From the street u can see there is a package as it there is only shade and not well lit.
A few times they have called me especially in bad weather conditions on where to leave. Like leaving it in the backyard under the covered deck or with the renter in my basement Suite
Solutions 1. Every house installs a dropoff box. This box allows owner to activate or deactivate which delivery companies get to access it I like this. No more write special delivery note. 2. Open more amazon lockers that allow bigger sizes and more flexible delivery time Actually #1 is the right solution
And when you receive a package, the flag is up? Sounds like a mailbox, just bigger. The real complication is not isolated houses, but apartment buildings with shared entryways and/or limited space.
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You seem to forget there were and are companies like fedex and ups that deliver things just fine and don't have these issues. It might have something to do with how they train and pay their employees.
Let's not idealize the situation at other delivery companies. Delivering is not a dream job. It'd be interesting to see how much business is B2B and repeated addresses for UPS/Fedex vs Amazon. Amazon is likely to be distinct. High amount of one off consumers. Varying routes every day. Customers being away during delivery. Exactly what ruins a delivery company.
Maybe not now, but it used to be. You say that the job and work conditions can't be improved, but the fact that they were better before proves that your statement is false.
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It's a shame for workers that delivery driving is now a gig. Historically, it was a stable, good paying career, something to work towards within USPS. But hey, at least shareholders are getting a better value. edit: It seems like any comment not intensely pro-capitalistic ends up downvoted. You folks need to realize that while capitalism is a fantastic method of maximizing wealth generation, it's not perfect. Our low…
Amazon PE ratio is insanely high. Even shareholders aren’t getting better value. Amazon is abusing drivers, fulfillment workers, and AWS engineers (so I’ve heard) because they can get away with it. It’s a shame really.