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10 Ways to Deter Thieves from Stealing your Amazon Packages
With more consumers relying on online shopping rather than making numerous trips to retail stores, the number of people scouring neighborhoods looking to steal packages has increased as well. To help you safeguard your packages, we’ve complied...
- Posted 4 years ago
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30 Times when Delivery Drivers Failed at Hiding Packages
We have all come home at least once to find an online shopping purchase hidden poorly around our home, if at all. Some delivery drivers are expert ninjas at hiding your packages from would-be thieves, but there are...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Here are all the restaurants offering free delivery due to coronavirus
If you are staying put at home during the coronavirus outbreak, there are a number of restaurants that have rolled out free delivery promotions or are slashing delivery fees (not including a tip for your delivery driver). We...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Amazon speeds up same-day shipping in 4 U.S. Cities
Starting first in Dallas, Orlando, Philadelphia, and Phoenix, Amazon is attempting to shave time off same-day delivery service. Previously, same-day delivery service meant users would receive packages by the end of the day. Now, Amazon is shifting to...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Walmart wants to stock your fridge while you aren’t home
Launching a pilot program in Silicon Valley this week, Walmart is testing out a service that would send employees into homes to restock the fridge, even if the customer isn’t home. This is specifically for homes with...
- Posted 7 years ago
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Amazon launches ‘The Hub,’ delivery lockers for apartments
Originally developed for retail locations like 7-Eleven, Amazon has announced the creation of a delivery system for apartment buildings that don’t have any secure way to store packages when delivered. Called The Hub, this set of lockers is...
- Posted 7 years ago
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Amazon wants to drop packages near your house using parachutes
Detailed in a new patent granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesterday, Amazon is considering airdropping packages from drones and guiding those packages to a destination near your home. Hypothetically, this will keep the drones from colliding with...
- Posted 8 years ago
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Amazon wants a giant warehouse in the sky for drone deliveries
Showing up recently in a registered patent, Amazon wants to build an “airborne fulfillment center” (AFC) that would hover 45 thousand feet in the sky in order to dispatch drones around a city for deliveries. Conceptually, this...
- Posted 8 years ago
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Amazon wants to deliver packages inside your home, not outside
Possibly pairing with Amazon’s fleet of white delivery vans in metropolitan areas, the online retailer is currently beta testing package delivery that’s left inside your home or garage. Running a test in Seattle, Amazon is linking up...
- Posted 8 years ago
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Hey Amazon, This Delivery Driver Hates Your Packages
Captured using a networked, mini-dome Sony 4K video camera this week, one Amazon customer got to watch his package being delivered by USPS in the most expedient fashion. We won’t spoil too much, just watch: As shown in the...
- Posted 8 years ago
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UPS adds real-time location tracking of your packages
Integrated into the UPS My Choice service, the shipping company has added a new feature called Follow My Delivery to the service. Assuming you pay for expedited shipping methods like UPS Air and Worldwide Express, you will be...
- Posted 8 years ago