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GoldenRod
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Amazon Prime now delivers to your car trunk
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-autos/to-beat-porch-thieves-amazon-slips-packages-in-car-trunks-idUSKBN1HV17S
The world's largest online retailer is rolling the program out in 37 U.S. cities for customers with newer compatible vehicles and plans to expand the service. All that is required to have packages delivered to a car is downloading an app from Amazon and linking it to the vehicle's so-called connected car service, such as General Motors Co's (GM.N) OnStar system or Volvo AG's (VOLVb.ST) On Call service. (Details: www.amazon.com/keyincar)
The in-car delivery effort is part of Amazon’s drive to leave packages where they cannot be easily stolen. Since 2011, Amazon has offered secure lockers for urban customers.
The in-car service builds on an effort Amazon launched last fall called Amazon Key. That system uses a $220 combination of an internet-connected door lock and camera to allow Amazon delivery drivers to place packages inside the homes of members of Amazon Prime. By contrast, the in-car delivery service is free for Prime members. It will be offered in San Francisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Nashville, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C. and other areas.
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In-car delivery also gives Amazon an in-between option for customers who might want a more secure delivery location than the front porch but do not want delivery people inside their homes.
The Amazon delivery service taps into the car’s built-in unlock feature without ever giving the delivery person a pass code or other permanent access to the car.
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Shrivastava also said that Amazon cannot see or track the customer’s car; instead, the customer gives Amazon an address where the car will be parked and publicly accessible, along with the make, model, color and license plate number to help the delivery person find the right car. Customers also get several reminders on their phones before, during and after the packages are delivered.
Interesting idea. The in-house delivery is a nice idea, but I'm sure it freaked out a lot of potential users. I don't want people poking their head inside my home, but I wouldn't be upset about deliveries to my vehicle.
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Re: Amazon Prime now delivers to your car trunk
I wish they did that here. The delivery service will not just leave it on your door step. They will either leave it with a neihbour or you have to pick it up at the post office. It’s so annoying.
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| Posted 4/24/18 9:29 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Amazon Prime now delivers to your car trunk
My car is older than dirt and the unlock feature barely works on my keychain anymore, much let remotely so I doubt I could take advantage of this. 
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| Posted 4/24/18 9:31 AM |
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MarathonKnitter
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Amazon Prime now delivers to your car trunk
i work at a distribution center for a large delivery company... *cough* FedEx *cough*, they can just take it off the line and hand it to me 
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| Posted 4/24/18 9:41 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Amazon Prime now delivers to your car trunk
Posted by MarathonKnitter
i work at a distribution center for a large delivery company... *cough* FedEx *cough*, they can just take it off the line and hand it to me
#workperks
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| Posted 4/24/18 9:46 AM |
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SusiBee
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Re: Amazon Prime now delivers to your car trunk
Yeah, still not appealing.
I can just see someone watching the car, then breaking into it to steal the packages.
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| Posted 4/24/18 10:02 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: Amazon Prime now delivers to your car trunk
Posted by SusiBee
Yeah, still not appealing.
I can just see someone watching the car, then breaking into it to steal the packages.
If someone is going to go through the effort of breaking into your trunk to steal an unmarked cardboard box, which may only contain a $1 item (and lots of packing balloon things), then there's nothing in the world that you can do to prevent anything from getting stolen anywhere....
Taking a box off your porch takes almost no effort, but it's not easy to break into a trunk. And cars that have remote access capability (OnStar or equivalent) are going to have noisy alarms going off, so the risk of getting caught is pretty high.
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| Posted 4/24/18 10:19 AM |
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twizzlers
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Re: Amazon Prime now delivers to your car trunk
I think it is kinda a cool idea for people who live in apartments or have had their packages stolen. Even for people who work late and don't want their packages outside all day and night. Nothing of importance in my trunk anyways, I wouldn't care.
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| Posted 4/24/18 11:00 AM |
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