Re:1.5M Packages a Day Bring Chaos to NYC Streets
by frereubu on Sunday October 27, 2019 @10:06AM
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Anecdatum - a local failing newsagent (UK) is the UPS pickup point and I've not had a single problem with them. In fact I prefer picking up from them because UPS delivery times are verging on fictitious. I think it may keep the newsagent afloat and that's absolutely fine by me if I can pickup my packages from them, because they're not going to exist for much longer just selling the curious mixture of indigestion tablets, cat fancier magazines and third-rate chocolate biscuits that they do currently in their windowless hovel.
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Re:1.5M Packages a Day Bring Chaos to NYC Streets
by jdietrich on Sunday October 27, 2019 @10:56AM
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>I've not had a single problem with them
Seconded. I get a lot of packages delivered to my local convenience store, even if I'm expecting to be in on the delivery day. I find it vastly preferable to collect the parcel at my own convenience rather than wait for the knock-and-run from an impatient delivery driver.
Re:1.5M Packages a Day Bring Chaos to NYC Streets
by CydeWeys on Sunday October 27, 2019 @11:51AM
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I get a lot of smaller packages delivered to work for a similar reason. I'd rather get a notification and go pick it up than have it randomly dropped either in front of my door or in the apartment's common lobby, and wonder if it's going to grow feet and walk off before I get home.
Re:1.5M Packages a Day Bring Chaos to NYC Streets
by kweks on Sunday October 27, 2019 @11:59AM
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It may be a cultural difference. Over the years, I'd had parcels delivered to about 10 different depots, and the experience was always the same.
The google reviews for the places are all the same: 1 star, never open / packages stolen / packages broken.
It's great to hear it works better in some places; on paper it's a great solution.