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Re:I had to build a web scraper to buy groceries by gruez on Saturday March 28, 2020 @10:43PM (#22715936)
>This assumes it's easy to resell a slot

That's not what I'm saying. Rather than buying a slot (or an account) from the bot operator, you'd give the bot operator your order and address/account/payment info, so when the slots become available, the bot operator can place an order on your behalf.

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Re:I had to build a web scraper to buy groceries by admax88q on Saturday March 28, 2020 @10:53PM (#22715967)
Isn't that just what amazon should already be doing?

They need an option for people who are flexible with their delivery times, put in your order and they assign you a delivery slot when one opens up.

If a bot can do that, then amazon can just do it themselves and actually improve the user's experience.

How many people are working from home right now that don't can _when_ groceries get delivered other than "the next available slot"

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