Amazon can now deliver packages directly to your car — here's how it works

[Dashinka 24,766]

Is this a good idea?  Seems like this could be a security issue, but also it seems like this system could be very inefficient for the driver trying to find a car based on directions to a specific parking space. 

 

 

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Last year, Amazon wanted to get into your house to deliver packages. Now it wants to deliver directly to the trunk of your car.

The online retailer has launched Amazon Key In-Car, which enables Amazon to deliver packages directly to the trunk of a customer's car.

The service is available to owners of Volvo and GM cars with a 2015 model year or newer who subscribe to Volvo On Call or OnStar. People can check their eligibility on the program's website.

Here's how it works:

• Download the Amazon Key app and link it to your Volvo On Call or OnStar account.
• When you shop on Amazon, select in-car delivery at checkout. Give Amazon the address where the car is parked, within a two-block radius. The website stipulates that deliveries "can only be made to a stationary car parked in an open, street-level, and publicly accessible area" — that can include a home or workplace.
• Amazon provides a four-hour delivery window, usually 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for two-day delivery or 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. for same-day delivery.
• The day of delivery, an Amazon driver finds the car via GPS. Before the driver can unlock the car with the app, Amazon verifies "the delivery driver, car, and driver location, and that the package was ordered with in-car delivery."
• The driver will first try to fit the package in the trunk; if they can't, they'll put it in the cabin. (If the car is unavailable or has moved, Amazon will use the backup delivery option a customer specified.)
• The app forces the driver to confirm the car is locked before they can leave for their next delivery.
• Amazon sends a notification to the customer that the package was delivered.

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-launches-amazon-key-in-car-delivery-2018-4

[Boiler 46,016]

TWell I have a truck so they would not need a key, just pop it in the back.

[Dashinka 24,766]

6 minutes ago, Boiler said:

TWell I have a truck so they would not need a key, just pop it in the back.

The safety of a pick-up bed!

 

It would be easy for them as long as they can find your truck.

[Boiler 46,016]

1 minute ago, Bill & Katya said:

The safety of a pick-up bed!

 

It would be easy for them as long as they can find your truck.

It is the one with the Big White Dog in it, excellent security.

[charmander 692]

I wouldn't like a stranger get in my house or be able to access the trunk of my car. But I like their locker idea for troubled deliveries. If you purchase valuable, it is better to get it delivered to a locker near you, rather than leaving outside.

[Dashinka 24,766]

8 minutes ago, charmander said:

I wouldn't like a stranger get in my house or be able to access the trunk of my car. But I like their locker idea for troubled deliveries. If you purchase valuable, it is better to get it delivered to a locker near you, rather than leaving outside.

Isn't that like a PO Box?

[charmander 692]

2 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Isn't that like a PO Box?

Essentially yes but with extended hours and it's free. Some are open 7/24.

[Dashinka 24,766]

15 minutes ago, charmander said:

Essentially yes but with extended hours and it's free. Some are open 7/24.

I have never used a PO box, but I have been to the Post Office prior to it opening, and I seem to remember the boxes accessible.  Regardless, I think the car thing is a bit too much and like I said earlier, would be ripe for theft as well as inefficiencies.

 

 

[charmander 692]

3 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

I have never used a PO box, but I have been to the Post Office prior to it opening, and I seem to remember the boxes accessible.  Regardless, I think the car thing is a bit too much and like I said earlier, would be ripe for theft as well as inefficiencies.

I owned a PO box before. Mail boxes are accessible but any large size parcel needs to be picked up from the service window, which limits the pick up times. Amazon box is better because you could ship it to any locker you like, near work, near home, good option when you're traveling too. It has some size and weight limitations but most items would qualify.

 

 

[bcking 3,157]

The next logical step is to coordinate Amazon delivery to cars in motion.

 

"The Amazon Delivery Driver will come up along your passenger side. You will roll down your window. You will maintain a speed of 50 mph. The Amazon Delivery Driver will match your speed and proceed to throw the package through your window before breaking off."

[Dashinka 24,766]

1 hour ago, bcking said:

The next logical step is to coordinate Amazon delivery to cars in motion.

 

"The Amazon Delivery Driver will come up along your passenger side. You will roll down your window. You will maintain a speed of 50 mph. The Amazon Delivery Driver will match your speed and proceed to throw the package through your window before breaking off."

I saw that in The Hangover.  Too dangerous!