Re:Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery
by lazerwalker on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @10:52PM
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Amazon already has "Amazon lockers" scattered across Manhattan where you can go pick up your packages from a kiosk inside a grocery store / drug store. You enter a pick-up code on the touchscreen, and a specified locker opens up with your goods inside it. It's easy to see how similar tech could be adapted for use inside a robovan.
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Re:Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery
by jwt on Thursday August 02, 2012 @01:29AM
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Any particular location you have seen this in NYC? Haven't seen it yet
Re:Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour delivery
by lazerwalker on Thursday August 02, 2012 @09:50AM
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I've personally only used the one at the Gristedes in Sheridan Square, but based on their locator (http://www.amazon.com/gp/css/account/address/view.html/ref=l...) it looks like they have a good 15-16 in Manhattan and 3-4 in Queens/Brooklyn.