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A new locker system from Amazon sends your deliveries to 7-Eleven

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Re: A new locker system from Amazon sends your deliveries to 7-Eleven

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Post by acgourley »

mistermann wrote: post #19

This seems like a no brainer, especially partnering with a ubiquitous local retailer. I am rarely home when the majority of the packages I order actually arrive in my city. If they were to send me an email asking me if I'll be home on the scheduled day of delivery, I'd be more than happy to let them know I'm not, to save them the trip of trying to deliver to me when I know I won't be home. This has always seemed like…

Well I think for most homes they just leave the package somewhere out of sight. The packages that require a signature or the houses that have no safe place to leave a package are probably sufficiently minor so that they ignore they problem.

They should fix it, but I don't know if either of the major delivery companies are nimble enough to.

Re: A new locker system from Amazon sends your deliveries to 7-Eleven

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Post by Bluem00 »

SwellJoe wrote: post #9

I love this idea. I travel full-time, and have no permanent residence. Amazon Prime has been a godsend...but, even that only works when I'm staying somewhere long enough to get something shipped in (I upgrade to overnight for $3.95 per item quite often), and in a place where I can have something delivered. Fedex and UPS do not yet accept GPS coordinates as a destination for delivery (my motorhome is often parked off…

Perhaps slightly off topic, but I was in a similar situation recently (a replacement phone was overnighted from verizon via Fedex and my motorhome was not at an rv park). I don't know if it applies to your problem, but I discovered that many Fedex stores will allow you to use their service to ship packages to them for you to come and pick up, like general delivery for the USPS.

Re: A new locker system from Amazon sends your deliveries to 7-Eleven

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Post by doctoboggan »

tzs wrote: post #12

When the package is actually delivered, the customer receives an email notification along with a bar code to his smartphone and heads to the 7-Eleven. There he’ll stand in front of the locker system, which looks like the offspring between an ATM machine and a safety deposit box. The machine will scan the bar code on his handset to receive a PIN number. He’ll punch that PIN number and retrieve the package. I don't und…

I am fairly certain its because the PIN unlocks the specific box your package is in. They most likely have only one scanning kiosk and multiple lock boxes.

Re: A new locker system from Amazon sends your deliveries to 7-Eleven

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Post by doctoboggan »

SwellJoe wrote: post #9

I love this idea. I travel full-time, and have no permanent residence. Amazon Prime has been a godsend...but, even that only works when I'm staying somewhere long enough to get something shipped in (I upgrade to overnight for $3.95 per item quite often), and in a place where I can have something delivered. Fedex and UPS do not yet accept GPS coordinates as a destination for delivery (my motorhome is often parked off…

>In short, I don't know how many normal people are going to use this service

I think many of their customers will use it simply for the anonymizing aspect. It just because significantly easier to order things online without people finding out.

Re: A new locker system from Amazon sends your deliveries to 7-Eleven

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Post by xyzzyz »

nostromo wrote: post #20

They could do the same for big employers too - Microsoft, Google, Boeing, etc. You could get a notification that you can pick up your delivery after work in a locker on location - all without inconveniencing a receptionist.

Inconveniencing a receptionist is a non-issue for big employers, since most of them already have a designated shipping and receiving department. For instance, at NVIDIA, I can have a package delivered directly to my desk, the same way that, for instance, hardware parts and development boards are delivered to me from an India location.

Re: A new locker system from Amazon sends your deliveries to 7-Eleven

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Post by kisielk »

byoung2 wrote: post #11

This is similar to what FedEx does with packages that can't be delivered. You can have it redirected at no charge to the nearest FedEx Office (formerly Kinko's) location and you can pick it up when it's convenient. It's like having a UPS Store box without having to pay the monthly fee.

On the other hand, Purolator will happily redirect your package to the nearest Purolator depot out in the boondocks. Out by the airport or in a distant industrial park in my case... it's almost like they want you to waste your time.

Re: A new locker system from Amazon sends your deliveries to 7-Eleven

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Post by biturd »

SwellJoe wrote: post #9

I love this idea. I travel full-time, and have no permanent residence. Amazon Prime has been a godsend...but, even that only works when I'm staying somewhere long enough to get something shipped in (I upgrade to overnight for $3.95 per item quite often), and in a place where I can have something delivered. Fedex and UPS do not yet accept GPS coordinates as a destination for delivery (my motorhome is often parked off…

Do you have a blog about your RV full time lifestyle?

Re: A new locker system from Amazon sends your deliveries to 7-Eleven

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Post by tzs »

xal wrote: post #18
tzs wrote: post #12

When the package is actually delivered, the customer receives an email notification along with a bar code to his smartphone and heads to the 7-Eleven. There he’ll stand in front of the locker system, which looks like the offspring between an ATM machine and a safety deposit box. The machine will scan the bar code on his handset to receive a PIN number. He’ll punch that PIN number and retrieve the package. I don't und…

Proper Security: Something you have and something you know.

Since they tell you the PIN at the point of use when you present the bar code, the PIN is not "something you know" from a security point of view.

Two factor authentication requires that you have two separate items of evidence to attest to your identity. The PIN in the Amazon system as described in the article is just evidence that you knew the bar code, not evidence as to who you are, so their system is just one factor.

A good way to think about it when considering a purported two factor system is to ask how many things a bad guy has to steal to impersonate you. In a two factor system, he should have to steal two things.

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Post by there »

SwellJoe wrote: post #9

I love this idea. I travel full-time, and have no permanent residence. Amazon Prime has been a godsend...but, even that only works when I'm staying somewhere long enough to get something shipped in (I upgrade to overnight for $3.95 per item quite often), and in a place where I can have something delivered. Fedex and UPS do not yet accept GPS coordinates as a destination for delivery (my motorhome is often parked off…

I travel full-time, and have no permanent residence.

do you not file a state tax return?

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