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Amazon Is Building An App To Let Normal People Deliver Packages For Pay
Amazon is apparently enlisting everyday humans in its network of endless online shopping delivery. The WSJ reports that the ecommerce giant is working on an app internally that would allow the average consumer to make a little cash by picking up Amazon packages at various retail locations and dropping them off at their final destination.
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"Yes, I'd like to deliver all packages from NewEgg please."
I'm sure there will be some strict guidelines as to who can sign up for the program and I would assume all packages would come with insurance to protect you if a package was stolen. Not sure how they would handle deliveries to wrong addresses, etc though.
I think I'd rather have a professional deliver my packages, thanks.
This is the future, we might have to get used to it.
If I lived somewhere this was offered, I'd love to make a few extra bucks during the winter.
Sure. What could possibly go wrong? /s
Absolutely nothing, this is a genius idea! /s
And if a drunken ninja thinks it's a great idea, it /must/ be!
it could work really well