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Re:Amazon will launch its own delivery service to compete wi... by Slansitartop on Friday February 09, 2018 @11:23AM (#16341439)
> You can do this almost immediately via live chat by just asking the CS rep to make a ticket requesting that $carrier be deprioritized for future deliveries to your address.

Doesn't work for Amazon Logistics. I tried a couple times a few months ago, and my ticket kept getting denied. Deprioitizing AMZL_US appears to be an entirely different business process than other carriers, as the rep I spoke to didn't know how to do it at first.

They might not deny your request if you claim your home is a prison, but didn't try that route.

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Re:Amazon will launch its own delivery service to compete wi... by ghostbrainalpha on Friday February 09, 2018 @12:35PM (#16342127)
>> They might not deny your request if you claim your home is a prison, but didn't try that route.

Pure genius. I think I could believable get away with saying my house is a 1/2 way house for people getting out of prison. And there are stresses on the delivery driver that should only fall on a full time professional.

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Re:Amazon will launch its own delivery service to compete wi... by Slansitartop on Friday February 09, 2018 @01:14PM (#16342489)
> And there are stresses on the delivery driver that should only fall on a full time professional.

IIRC, the three deprioritization justifications the rep had were:

1. Prison, 2. Military Base, 3. Three failed deliveries over the last 6 months.

I assume it's just a prison policy thing. I know no one besides USPS can deliver to AFO/FPO address (which are military I think), so maybe the same's true for prisons.

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Re:Amazon will launch its own delivery service to compete wi... by extrapickles on Friday February 09, 2018 @05:05PM (#16344258)
Places other than USPS can deliver to places on military bases provided you have a “physical” address vs a AFO/FPO. However, the delivery company and driver needs to be registered to deliver on that particular base. AFO/FPO addresses are USPS only as they are more of a CNAME/pointer for the persons physical address and can involve going to combat zones or ships at sea.
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Re:Amazon will launch its own delivery service to compete wi... by Slansitartop on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:15AM (#16359078)
> However, the delivery company and driver needs to be registered to deliver on that particular base.

I bet this is Amazon's issue due to their gig-employment model. If they're employing randos from the internet, it's unlikely that any military base has approved any of them as drivers.

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