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Avalon Grand Master

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https://www.amazon.com/b?&node=17285120011

 

Not me. I've had a rent box at the UPS for over 20 years.

 

Years ago I was visiting friends. I had left a pair of pants behind. Back home one evening I come home after work and there is a large box on the yard. Ripped open and wadded up newspaper everywhere. I thought what messy neighbors I have. So I go to clean it up. I see the box was addressed to me. I looked in the box and under some newspaper was my pair of pants. FedEx had dropped it off sometime during the day leaving it by my front door. Someone saw and ripped it open but only saw the newspapers not getting to the pants at the bottom.

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gallahadesquire Grand Master

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My sister died in 1997. I came home from work and found a suspicious box on the porch. By DHL. I brought it in. It was my sister's cremains.

 

Cut to 2005. I come home from work, and found a suspicious box on the porch. By DHL. I brought it in. It was my mother's remains, in her urn.

 

You'd think these things are sent "Signature required" or some such ...

BlueSky Experienced

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My sister died in 1997. I came home from work and found a suspicious box on the porch. By DHL. I brought it in. It was my sister's cremains.

 

Cut to 2005. I come home from work, and found a suspicious box on the porch. By DHL. I brought it in. It was my mother's remains, in her urn.

 

You'd think these things are sent "Signature required" or some such ...

:eek:

 

And to reply to the OP: no I wouldn't trust Amazon Key. But I've also had packages stolen from outside my front door. Where I work is pretty cool about having personal packages delivered there so I do that if it's something really valuable.

rvwnsd Grand Master

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Oh, hell no! The Amazon delivery people in my area keep saying packages are undeliverable because they need a security code to get in. Never mind that next to the entrance that requires a code is the management office that receives packages.

GregM Mentor

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If I didn't live in a secure apartment building and have mgt there that received packages I would get this in a heart beat. I get probably 4-6 deliveries a month from Amazon.

 

Hugs,

Greg

Guy Fawkes Grand Master

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"1. Amazon authorizes the delivery, turns on Cloud Cam and unlocks your door," makes it a no-go for me.

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/b?&node=17285120011

 

Not me. I've had a rent box at the UPS for over 20 years.

 

Years ago I was visiting friends. I had left a pair of pants behind. Back home one evening I come home after work and there is a large box on the yard. Ripped open and wadded up newspaper everywhere. I thought what messy neighbors I have. So I go to clean it up. I see the box was addressed to me. I looked in the box and under some newspaper was my pair of pants. FedEx had dropped it off sometime during the day leaving it by my front door. Someone saw and ripped it open but only saw the newspapers not getting to the pants at the bottom.

rvwnsd Grand Master

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Nope.

 

Amazon knows enough about me already. I don’t need them evaluating my interior design...

 

I'm thinking a system containing information and technology for unlocking doors nationwide would be irresistible for hackers.

 

Absolutely not. The cats might get out. In the summer they could die of dehydration, and at night we have coyotes.

 

We have funny, serious, and sad right here! And I agree with all of you.

 

My two most recent Amazon experiences tell me not to trust Amazon with this type of technology. Both involve Amazon Lockers. The first one involved a return. I decided to return it via an Amazon locker, thinking that I would get a notification of refund when the package was picked up, as is the case when I drop off a return at a UPS location. Nope. Nothing for two weeks until I contacted them. They told me they received the return and would process the refund in another week. They magically managed to process the refund that same day when I mentioned filing a chargeback with my card issuer. The second one involved a delivery from Amazon's Phoenix warehouse to a locker at a Phoenix Whole Foods. First, I received a text that the package was on its way. Then, I received one stating the package was undeliverable. Next, it was on its way to Texas. Next, they said they could not locate my package, followed by an alert that it had arrived - in Tennessee. When I contacted Amazon and asked how they didn't know where the package was when I did they just refunded my money.

 

Think I am allowing these people in my home when I am not there. HELL NO.

mmk123 Enthusiast

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I would not use this. I can see where some people who are very frequent Amazon shoppers would find it appealing but to me you just do not know what delivery driver are honest and what ones are not. Also, if I ever do need a package delivered I always just have it sent to my place of employment.

bashful Grand Master

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No way would I trust Amazon to have access to my home.

 

My experience in our condo building has been an Amazon driver (they usually wear a polo shirt with the Amazon logo) pulls up to our front door, leaves the loud music playing in the van while bringing packages into the vestibule. Once in the vestibule, there is a security door requiring a code to contact a resident to say they are delivering an item. If they get someone, they usually bring in all the other packages addressed to other residents. Nice to do, but all of that takes time, so those of us near the front door with our windows open are subject to the driver's taste in music.

 

Then, there are times those extra packages include those that should be delivered to other addresses, not our building, so they sit in our secured lobby for days on end before a neighbor finally writes a big note to Amazon to say they delivered those items to the wrong address.

 

They are just plain bad at delivery.

rvwnsd Grand Master

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...They are just plain bad at delivery.

I had great experiences with their delivery when living in San Diego. Not so much in Phoenix. Friends in Chicago are equally unimpressed.

 

Maybe Amazon will buy UPS next.

bashful Grand Master

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Maybe Amazon will buy UPS next.

 

Hope not. But, at my old place, hated UPS, but this new place has a great guy working the route that includes our building. You can practically set your watch to the time he arrives. The security door phone rings to my cell, , and if I'm not home, I just buzz him in, and when I get home, the package is there safe and sound.

 

A side note, have had 2 packages delivered by FedEx in the last couple years. One was opened when the driver asked to be buzzed in to deliver it to my door. The other one left in the vestibule had a boot print on it.

Avalon Grand Master

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I had great experiences with their delivery when living in San Diego. Not so much in Phoenix. Friends in Chicago are equally unimpressed.

 

Maybe Amazon will buy UPS next.

 

If they do buy UPS I hope they will pay their delivery men enough to be able to buy long pants. ;-)))

rvwnsd Grand Master

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...A side note, have had 2 packages delivered by FedEx in the last couple years. One was opened when the driver asked to be buzzed in to deliver it to my door. The other one left in the vestibule had a boot print on it.

Two FedEx stories:

 

A friend ordered blinds from Lowes. They were direct-shipped to her home via Fed Ex. The delivery arrived while she was not home, but fear not, she did not have to truck down to the FedEx office. Oh, no! The FedEx guy threw them over the wall that enclosed her yard. They were pretty much destroyed. The replacement set was shipped to Lowes and she picked them up.

 

Years ago I worked in the student loan unit of a bank who used an outside company to service loans. This was long before e-Signature, so the borrower would submit their paperwork to us and we sent it via FedEx to the servicer. The envelope did not arrive on schedule. When it arrived later in the day the servicer called and said the envelope arrived with a giant tire track on it and when they opened it the documents were in pieces. After a couple of calls to FedEx it was determined that the envelope had somehow fallen onto the tarmac and a plane ran over it. FedEx hired people to literary piece the documents together.

GregM Mentor

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I had great experiences with their delivery when living in San Diego. Not so much in Phoenix. Friends in Chicago are equally unimpressed.

 

Maybe Amazon will buy UPS next.

 

I've used Amazon for a while now and havent had any issues. I've had everything from groceries to a chester freezer to a futon delivered. Maybe I'm just lucky?

 

Hugs,

Greg

MikeBiDude Grand Master

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I’m a rabid Amazon fan....rare that i have a delivery problem. Most delivery issues arise when they ship via via USPS or when I request an odd same/next day delivery like a Sunday.

 

Even though I allow “key” deliveries to some of my business locations i don’t think I’d use amazon key for home.I have a fairly private doorstep in a gated community and haven’t had issue with packages left at the door.

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