Have You Heard About Amazon’s New Locker Service at 7-Eleven?
- Posted on October 13, 2011 at 2:55pm by
Liz Klimas
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Have you heard of Amazon Locker? Probably not because it hasn’t even been announced yet, but it’s basically a delivery service that would allow users to pick up purchases from a public location.
Watch what GeekWire‘s account of what it believes to be the first public test of how Amazon locker works from a Seattle 7-Eleven:
This would be especially useful if you could not have packages delivered directly to your home or during the day. Customers receive a code for the locker when their purchase has arrived, allowing them to unlock the case.
GeekWire reports a clerk saying the system had been getting used during the week and speculates many using the machine could be Amazon employees not customers using this new shipping option.
The Daily (via Business Insider) first reported the story in September and Amazon had no comment. It states this could be the beginning of a partnership between Amazon and 7-Eleven’s nationwide if the pilot is successful.
We’ll see if an announcement comes shortly. As GeekWire suggests, next time your order from Amazon, check your address book to see if a locker is an option.
The obvious question here is what type of products would you want delivered to an Amazon/7-Eleven locker versus your home or secure PO box?
[h/t Slashgear]
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Comments (65)
Nightsong
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 6:19pmWho pays for this service?
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 9:50pmOk, I can pickup my new Amazon Kindle and get a Slurpee at the same time……I’m not seeing a downside to this.
Report Post »Jim
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 11:18pmIf I were 7-11, I would pay for it. I can only imagine how much business they will get from people that pop in to pick up a package – and then grab a soda, a danish, or whatever. It’s a definite win-win for all involved.
Report Post »DrunkReport.com
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 12:09amthe article described exactly the people who would use it.. duh
Report Post »village idiot
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 5:58pmYou know this is not going to turn out good. Their are so many thing that can be done that are illegal or very dangerous using this system.
Report Post »meggli
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 10:51amReally… What illegal stuff does Amazon sell?
Report Post »Nessuno99
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 5:17pmya,the unemployed are way too busy looking for a job to be annoyed with shopping
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:54pmI see potential for terrorists
Report Post »piper60
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 9:36amNot only terrorists, but anybody in the store could figure out how to get into the box and steal your order. Books ain’t cheap, and some of the other stuff Amazon sells isn’t either.
Report Post »octorfunk
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:50pmSure there is the possibility of using these things for illegal activity. I thought about a few other uses:
- Having something shipped to you on vacation or other away-from-home scenarios where you may not have an address
- There is the potential for savings on shipping, we’ll have to wait and see
- I assume that if the 7-11 is open 24hrs a day, then this would be an option to pick up a package later than the Post Office/UPS Store is open
- The USPS isn’t going to be able to operate at current speeds/standards forever, they’re bleeding money daily, so I’m glad that someone is at least trying to provide another delivery/pick-up option
I guess we’ll have to wait and see how it all pans out, looks like it’s currently in beta getting some bugs worked out.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:45pmI see some great potential here. I work with a lot of c-stores and this is going to increase traffic and sales beyond the packages and should reduce the package shipment cost as well. Cheaper to drop several packages at one stop than hunt down each address. Great idea
Report Post »RonV
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:38pmOut library uses the same type of system. If you reserve a book on their web site they will deliver it to the box locally and you type in your code to get your books. I think these lockers are great since the box that I used is in our health club.
Report Post »JustJerry
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:33pmWhy would you all care what somebody gets in this box?
Buy B.C. Bud with Bitcoins, pick up anonymously. Enjoy!
How many people were hurt by this situation? Zero.
Drug laws have destroyed more lives than drugs ever have. Unfortunately neocons cant grasp that concept of freedom and justice for all.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:23pmgreat idea…not well thought out, not tested or proven, will be an easy target for criminals…hey wait a minute, just like the current administration…hmmmmm
Report Post »RedManBlueState
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 12:17pmTarget for criminals?? It would be far easier to hijack the whole FedEx truck at any secluded business back lot.
Report Post »Wyatt's Torch
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:08pmWow a post office box that requires a key…how original! Brought to you from a non-public corporation and housed inside another non-public corporation…what could possibly go wrong with this idea?
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on October 14, 2011 at 7:13amAnd people will justifiably trust these evil non public corporations more than the lazy, incompetent government workers at the post office
Report Post »Fella
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:07pmTHE NUMBER 77( 7 X 11=77 ):
PENTAGON ON THE 77TH MERIDIAN, ATTACKED BY FLIGHT 77 Flight 11 and Flight 77 were both “twin” numbers. Atlas, whose pillars were temporarily shouldered by Hercules during his 11th Labor, is Plato’s legendary king of Atlantis. Atlantis was ruled by 7 sets of Twins!
# 77 is an Illuminated signal, the number of the Revenge of Lamech, ancestor of Hiram Abiff the Master Mason.
OMG Sorros and the illuminati are at it again. Thats it! I’m boycotting these commie 7-11 batards!
How’s my chicken little doing?
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:15pmthat was good!
Report Post »Wyatt's Torch
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:25pmI would like to have the 77 seconds back that I spent reading your post, please.
Report Post »paul1149
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:53pmPresumably there’s a break in shipping costs for this.
Report Post »teapartyconservatism
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:50pmPssst… don‘t bother looking for Barry’s “real” birth certificate in one of the lockers, he doesn’t have one. Not that it actually matters all that much since he’s definitely not a natural born citizen anyway, even he was born in Hawaii. Want to see why?
Here’s the new and improved blog providing the facts repressed by politicians and the media, on how to be certain if Obama really is ineligible and what Congress knows about it! http://teapartyconservatism.blogspot.com
Report Post »LovinUSA
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:50pmI’m impressed, did the taxpayers pay for this idiot idea as well?
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:46pmNow that I think about it this might be a move to go after the business of people that trade in illegal goods like drugs and guns etc. Give the seller the money, he gives you a key to open a locker at the 7 Eleven where the stuff is stored.
That actually has some potential.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:32pmAlso .. IF you are buying a gift for your “lover” and don’t want the wife to know … or visa versa … I see potential here for cheating spouses.
Report Post »scjeff
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:43pmThis also works great if you have stolen someones identity. What a horrible idea.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:37pmMy concern is someone ordering something, sending it to a busy 7-11, receiving their package from the locker…and then placing something else in the locker before closing the door that will be out of site and possibly go BOOM.
I’d rather pay extra for UPS and have it delivered to one of their UPS stores. May not be open 24 hours…but I’m not a drug addict cruising the streets at 3am looking for a twinkee or some nachos.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:37pmLooks like WE can all the the potential for criminal usage. Too bad Amazon cannot… or do they just want to ignore that?
Report Post »Kinda like a “prepaid phone” that is not traceable, only now it will be a “prepaid” address that is not traceable.
Yep, drugs, drug money, under-the-table money, bribes, guns, etc.
How? Amazon doesn’t sell drugs, after all.
True, but, Amazon sells for “partners” too! You can sell homemade clocks or quilts on Amazon.
So, all you have to do is talk to the seller who will tell you to just go on Amazon and order the BLUE Snigglefidget ™ in a size 87 with extra cheese, for the low, low price of $10,274.89. And you’ll get a kilo of something “special” delivered to the 7/11.
Meyvn
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:36pmShould help promote more crime.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:33pmDidn’t there use to be a company called “Mailboxes” that did this? You could have things delivered there to be held for you and ship things from that site, if you didn’t have an office.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:42pmThere still is and it’s called “Mailboxes Etc.” There are several other places that provide this service as well.
I sure as hell wouldn’t be going to 7 Eleven to pick up packages. I think this one has about the shelf life of the Netflix service changes.
Report Post »The Giver
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:32pm7-ELEVENs are easy targets for being robbed. Now the night shift employee has another reason to worry. This doesn’t sound very safe. Too bad they don’t hook up with the post office which needs a reason to exist now.
Report Post »number9
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:32pmTerrorists are going to love this.
Report Post »Fella
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:19pmSTRAIGHTS OF GIBRALTER AND 7-11 : On the surface, it is interesting that the US “royal” family the Rockefeller’s financed the Taliban and empowered Osama bin Laden — the alleged culprits in the destruction of Rockefeller’s monument to the dollar, the Twin Towers. The date of the attack is significant in the history of the Jewish vs Muslim conflict. Sept. 11 would be 7 – 11 if the west reckoned the year as the Romans did — March, named after their god Mars, was the first month of the new year, and September the seventh.
Because Abraham was the father of both the Jewish and Arabic nations, the Jews through Isaac and the Arabs through Ishmael, contention for earth ruler ship exists symbolic of the rebellious spiritual forces ultimately behind earthly conflicts. This is because God promised to make Abraham’s descendants not only numerous as the stars, but also joint heirs with Him over the earth through His Messiah. Abraham sent Ishmael away but maintained Isaac as his heir. The 1st Muslim expansion into ‘Catholic’ Europe began in 711 AD when the Berber Tarik-ibn-Ziyad, the Governor of Tangier invaded and rapidly conquered Visigothic Spain, also known as Iberia. Iberia is from the same root as Hebrew, “Iber”.
You don’t know the half of it, man. 7-11 has been a front for the turrists fer a long time now. Why do you think it’s mostly brown ppl running them?
Report Post »tMC
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:23pmOh this will be great for purchasing things online with stolen credit cards / stolen identities…
I fail to see the usefulness.
Report Post »BetsyRoss1513
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:33pmIt does seem to be a tool that would condone that kind of activity.
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:34pmThat was the first thing that went through my mind as well..And also giving Mooselimbs secure places to hide money and weapons ….
Report Post »bdwatcher
Posted on October 15, 2011 at 3:45pmHaving had to have a physical address for ordering things online. that was my first thought. Stolen credit cards will have an alternate address to send things.
Report Post »MomaGrisley2
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:20pmAnd when this locker gets hacked (not if, WHEN), will Amazon be responsible or will the customer be a victim without a remedy?
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 2:58pmAnother way to transport and deliver drugs…..
Report Post »tMC
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:24pmamazon sells drugs?
Report Post »LiberalMarine
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:24pmDoes Amazon sell cocaine?
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 3:24pmOr guns…
Report Post »Fella
Posted on October 13, 2011 at 4:12pmDrugs?? No, it’s much more sinisterthan that. Lock your doors and never go outside!
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