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Re:Google Introduces Same-Day Shipping to Compete With eBay ... by dxbydt on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:11PM (#5458020)
> "You’ll get free, unlimited same-day delivery for six months. That’s six months of having toilet paper delivered for free"

Ok, but delivered by regular human in regular car ? No thanks. I want delivery by unmanned google-cars. For that, I'll even pay premium shipping.

Re:Google Introduces Same-Day Shipping to Compete With eBay ... by smackfu on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:23PM (#5458067)
Really? I think UPS is just fine... they know where my condo is better than Google Maps, and they walk up to the door and put it on the porch and ring the bell.
Re:Google Introduces Same-Day Shipping to Compete With eBay ... by jfoster on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:15PM (#5458030)
Actually, it might be through self driving cars. Probably come with a regular human, though. See: http://m.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/google-plans-to-use-sel...
Re:Google Introduces Same-Day Shipping to Compete With eBay ... by dxbydt on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:26PM (#5458087)
Sir, that is fucking awesome! But why the human ? A Nao (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2STTNYNF4lk ) would do. I would bark at Siri for toilet paper, the self driving google car would arrive within minutes with toilet paper, a Nao would walk in through the door, I'd drop my pants, he'd wipe my butt with my newly purchased toilet paper & I'd tip him handsomely and he'd be driving off to the next customer's anus.
Re:Google Introduces Same-Day Shipping to Compete With eBay ... by binarycrusader on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:39PM (#5458137)
Because, first of all, insurance and state law requires an licensed driver to be present.

And second, the human has to deal with the exceptions -- cases where the data is wrong, etc.