Understandable why they won't ship food to Amazon boxes. No idea about electronics though, and they should have a better error message than just "it's full".
Re:Amazon Dark Patterns
by CannisterFlux on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @07:57AM
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I don't like to defend Amazon because they are getting shadier all the time, but I always ship to a Correos office near my flat from amazon.es and haven't had this problem (yet?). Maybe it isn't the same thing as the box though. I've seen random 3rd party items that can't be left at Correos, but they do tell you at the start of the process.
Re:Amazon Dark Patterns
by sigotirandolas on Saturday August 04, 2018 @03:59AM
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Is your Correos box a regular PO BOX? I tried getting shipped things to a Correos P.O. Box with Amazon and they often sent by SEUR or similar and they were unable to ship it to a Correos PO Box and requested manual pickup.
I agree with other commenters that this behavior is not very dark and probably mostly bad UX, but it stuck me as they maybe not telling me that due to regulatory/shipping/safety issues it was better or more economic to ship directly to home.
What benefit would they get from this though?
Re:Amazon Dark Patterns
by RugnirViking on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @08:43AM
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Potentially they are worried about food going bad while left in a drop-off box. I don't think that is very sinister, but they could have a better UI for it.
I can’t prove it’s not a bug, but it seems such a blaring issue that it’s impossible that they haven’t been noticed, specially since some people can’t ever ship to a home address.