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Re:Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online ... by largesse on Thursday March 28, 2013 @10:06AM (#5454797)
Wal-Mart is big enough that they can take those thefts as a loss.

I see it working. If done right, it could leverage into neighborliness. It should be marketed that way. I can see people doing it just to have an excuse to meet their neighbors.

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Re:Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online ... by ebbv on Thursday March 28, 2013 @12:08PM (#5455654)
You misunderstand the problem. It's not the loss of the $20 of goods or whatever that are lost. Obviously they can absorb that.

It's the lawsuits due to the emotional/physical trauma of being robbed while delivering for Wal-Mart.

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Re:Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online ... by largesse on Thursday March 28, 2013 @12:35PM (#5455863)
There's that, but I'm sure they'd have lawyers work out some sort of indemnification. The first media reports would need careful PR handling.

I see this as something similar to what AirBnB went through. It's not unprecedented.

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Re:Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online ... by ebbv on Thursday March 28, 2013 @01:57PM (#5456492)
AirBnB is miniscule compared to Wal-Mart, though. Not even a blip.

The ambulance chasers would be all over this.

Not to mention widespread fraud. It's just a dumb idea.

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