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But they lend themselves to low weight/high value goods that are easily shipped. And to highly concentrated population centers where the higher costs of same day shipping associated with operating a warehouse or retail store in an expensive environment can be amortized over higher margin goods.
I always thought there were laws against running a service like this in the US. For example the rules for registering a USPS P.O. box are very stringent: > To rent a PO Box, two different forms of identification are required. At least one of them must be a valid photo ID. [1] This way they can actually track you down if you have something illegal shipped to the box. A service like this where you can easily sign up wi…
I always thought there were laws against running a service like this in the US. For example the rules for registering a USPS P.O. box are very stringent: > To rent a PO Box, two different forms of identification are required. At least one of them must be a valid photo ID. [1] This way they can actually track you down if you have something illegal shipped to the box. A service like this where you can easily sign up wi…
That Wikipedia article described USPS PO Boxes. Private companies (Mailboxes Etc, etc) have offered similar services in the US for years, although they are not technically a PO Box. They may have similar requirements, but the link that you provided does not discuss it.
E.g. I checked and UPS offers a service called My Choice:
> The UPS My ChoiceSM enrollment process uses public record information to verify your identity.
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/sri/ups_my_choice...
Saw one of these outside Y Combinator the other week - seriously cool idea. Best of luck with it, hope you expand to the UK soon enough.
Saw one of these outside Y Combinator the other week - seriously cool idea. Best of luck with it, hope you expand to the UK soon enough.
It would be awesome if YC became a locker location.
While interested I never did use one when I lived there as they cost much more than a normal delivery to your door and are very limited on for how long they are stored. Useless if you are away for the weekend or week, when such a locker service would be ideal.
http://www.posten.no/17889/postautomat http://www.postennorge.no/nyheter-og-media/nyhetsarkiv/gamle...
The Norwegian postal service have been offering locker facility for parcels for awhile. Mostly in train/tube stations. I dont think they have been used much. While interested I never did use one when I lived there as they cost much more than a normal delivery to your door and are very limited on for how long they are stored. Useless if you are away for the weekend or week, when such a locker service would be ideal. h…
The ones here are used quite frequently. The delivery is the same as to your door.
The Norwegian postal service have been offering locker facility for parcels for awhile. Mostly in train/tube stations. I dont think they have been used much. While interested I never did use one when I lived there as they cost much more than a normal delivery to your door and are very limited on for how long they are stored. Useless if you are away for the weekend or week, when such a locker service would be ideal. h…
http://www.postennorge.no/nyheter-og-media/nyhetsarkiv/nyhet...
this has huge potential if they do it right. Let vendors pay with bitcoin. Let them pre-ship product that can be unlocked with a qr code. suddenly the silk road gets a lot more interesting.