This is how the standard postal service works in Sweden (except you pick up the package from an employee who checks ID instead of an unmanned box), and why I always avoid sites that ship via FedEx/DHL/UPS. It just makes so much more sense.
BufferBox now available in San Francisco
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Re: BufferBox now available in San Francisco
#12Hmm... You know, they could pre-deliver popular items to local BufferBoxes. And then, as they've got those items already in the space, they could let people look at them to help them decide if they want to buy them right there.
A couple Swedish online computer retailers now have storefronts in the countries largest cities where you can opt to pick up your orders to avoid paying the shipping fee (the storefronts have nothing to browse, just a window to pick up/pay for orders), and they do this with the most common stock.