mattig89ch Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Hidy ho all, I just read this new story on my local site. And its...quite terrifying. longisland.news12.com/story/36683883/not-at-home-amazon-wants-to-come-in-and-drop-off-packages The short of it is, you let an amazon delivery person, into your home, to drop off a package, while your not there. You buy an amazon lock, and amazon camera, the delivery person is then let past your lock, and into your home. How is this anything but scary? And how do you feel about the idea? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 No storming way. When I get my own place I'm gonna have top class doors and locks. I'm not going to let anyone have keys to my home except me and my family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Invested Beard Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Nope. Especially because it seems like they hire pretty much anyone as couriers, including weird junkies and transients. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammanas Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 I really don't understand all the uproar about it. I, personally, agree its a bad idea so I will not be signing up for the service. That's the end of that. No need to make a big deal of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draginon Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 I do see the convenience of it but I'm not going to let a stranger come in. Heck the radio station I listen to talked about it this morning and the guy suggested maybe a strongbox instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattig89ch Posted October 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 19 hours ago, Draginon said: I do see the convenience of it but I'm not going to let a stranger come in. Heck the radio station I listen to talked about it this morning and the guy suggested maybe a strongbox instead. But that way, they couldn't get real time video on your house interior, real time audio, and unlimited access to your house whenever they wanted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeldancer Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 I would let the rain forest into my home. But not the company 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmurfAquamarineBodies Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 Eh. I don't even lock my house so I don't see myself caring if a random professional was let into my house. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 17 hours ago, SmurfAquamarineBodies said: Eh. I don't even lock my house so I don't see myself caring if a random professional was let into my house. ...why don't you lock your house? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanetReelo Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Yeah, hell would have to freeze over first. Other than the fact that they would almost certainly let my fur baby out of the house, I hate the idea of a total stranger being in my home. Not sure how they expected positive reception on this idea. Plus there's easy access to my garden, so I usually ask them to put the package there when i'm out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morsk Posted November 3, 2017 Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 (edited) If I still lived in the high-crime neighborhood I used to, I absolutely would. Not only could anything left outside be stolen, but a successful theft would embolden thieves to try again, hurting more people. I'd feel a responsibility to keep things away from thieves, so as not to encourage crime. edit: I hasten to add that I wouldn't generalize this to other "victim blaming". It's simply my experience, living in an area with thefts. Edited November 3, 2017 by Morsk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifth of Daybreak Posted November 4, 2017 Report Share Posted November 4, 2017 I could see if you had a setup where you had an entryway into your home that could be accessed and unlocked but was locked from the rest of the house, but otherwise no. I live in an apartment so they can just take it to the office. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmurfAquamarineBodies Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 On 11/3/2017 at 8:00 PM, Darkness_ said: ...why don't you lock your house? I live in New Zealand. My house has never been robbed so I don't really see the point. Also if they really want to get into my house my door isn't going to stop them, and doors are expensive to replace. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifth of Daybreak Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 I accidentally left my car doors unlocked once. I had a backseat full of my board games and signed books. It was a once in six months thing. Sure enough, someone came around that night. In the morning I get in my car and it takes a second before I notice. My $6 charger is missing. A few bucks in spare change. A few board games had been opened and searched through, but they were all still there as well as all my signed Sanderson books. I didn't notice that my six-disc changer with my hard copy of the Graphic Audio Version of Mistborn wasn't in the glovebox, but I did notice that my car's cigarette lighter was gone as well. A few days later we went grocery shopping and open up the trunk. My disc golf bag had been unzipped and all the discs were spread across the trunk. Next to them were my phone charger, my six-disc changer with Mistborn, and my car's cigarette lighter. All in all, it was a very polite robbery. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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