Amazon Announces “Amazon Key”

I don't even give my relatives keys to my house. I'm sure as hell not giving Amazon and their Could Cam access to my house. I wonder if this will go the same way as their "drone delivery"?

 

Fuck no, indeed.

 

this is an over reach. I don't even see the big need for this.

 

Who exactly is asking for this?

 

It's insane that Amazon thought this was a good idea, and whoever actually uses it is insane, as well.

 

I am by no means the "oh no, big brother is watching" type of person, but holy shit this is absolute insanity.

 

Yeah....I'd rather my packages be stolen then allow strangers in my home unsupervised.

 

Package delivery theft is an insane issue around here, I hear about it on the news all the time. I get Amazon packages delivered probably once a week if not more, and I actually have them delivered to my mom’s house instead of where I live since I trust her neighborhood more than mine. Interesting solution, don’t even understand how it would work and don’t know how I feel about it. Certainly not a “fuck no” but don’t think I’ll be signing up anytime soon.

 

No way.

 

The best part is you have to pay $250 for their "Key Kit" to even start using the service

 

Anyone who signs up for this deserves to be burgled into oblivion.

 

Maybe i'd do this, if I had another locked door like 4 feet after my front door. He could just leave it in a little hallway type thing.

 

lol wow.

 

@Jason Tate not even with the Amazon Happiness Guarantee?

 

I see you're in Denver, what part?

 

I haven't seen a single person think this was a good idea. Not exactly sure what they were thinking here.

 

Nope!

 

I can think of a situation where this could actually be a good idea. My sister lives in a condo on the second floor above several businesses. There is a locked door that leads to the steps up to 4 condos. Each condo has its own deadbolted door. She can never get packages delivered because they would be on a busy sidewalk. If the delivery guy could get through the first door and leave it, it would be a better option for the people in the condos than leaving on the sidewalk.

 

Can we just take all the money spent/that will be spent on developing this idea and use it to make more things prime eligible

 

Or better yet use it all to make the Amazon Prime video items not require additional purchase on top of the damn subscription

 

HAHA...burgled.

 

This seems like a really silly (and apparently needlessly complicated) solution to a real problem that exists.

Seems like this could be solved by allowing people to select a preferred delivery window or something along those lines to ensure they are home to receive the package. That can’t be any more difficult than this?

 

I'm wondering, at what point does amazon cut out the middleman and create their own delivery service, which could allow a fully customized delivery process. I'm not saying an amazon driver is any different than a UPS driver in terms of letting a stranger into your home, but if they controlled the means of delivery, you could perhaps request a specific timeframe or day, etc. so ensure you are there to receive the package.


THIS application however, is moronic.

 

Maybe they could put intense shock collars on every driver that also have GPS and if they go even remotely off course in the home they get a borderline death shock.