• Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de
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      10 hours ago

      Here in Germany, DHL and Amazon have their own parcel drop off lockers where they put your parcels in and send you a code to retrieve it. You then have several days to get it. And these stations are plenty in every city.

      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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        6 hours ago

        But it’s more convenient when they bring your stuff right to you! What could be more important than convenience?

        But more seriously the only time I use the package lockers is when I drive over the border to Nevada to pick up something that will only ship to 49 states.

      • CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world
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        9 hours ago

        This is a relatively new technology; we have this in the states as well. As the systems get cheaper, more intuitive, more well-understood, they’re rolling out to more places. I’ve seen one in a very small town, and there’s a number of them outside of middle-high class apartment complexes.