AWESOME or AWFUL: Amazon To Start Delivering Packages To GM + Volvo Vehicles, Even When You're Not There...

Amazon will begin delivering packages to Volvo and GM cars, even when drivers aren't around.

The service will be free for Amazon Prime members with an active GM OnStar or Volvo On Call account and is available in 37 U.S. cities and surrounding areas. The companies have plans to expand the service to more locations.

The move adds another location where customers can receive packages, which is key for Amazon as its retail business depends so heavily on deliveries. The e-commerce giant has experimented with several types of partnerships, such as recent expansions into delivering groceries and meals...

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TheSteve - 4/24/2018 2:43:30 PM

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What could possibly go wrong allowing couriers entry to your vehicle? It's not like YouTube has videos of "big name" couriers drop-kicking or literally throwing packages, right? And surely this technology couldn't be abused by unscrupulous people... right?

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You get a big "no thanks" from me. I'll take my chances of the product arriving intact at my home's door, and it not being stolen. Better a missing package than a missing or damaged car, or items missing from my car. Just my two cents.

TomM - 4/24/2018 3:37:40 PM

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Completely agree

The damage that could be done to the interior of your car simply does not justify allowing an unknown essentially unlimited access

dstampfer - 4/24/2018 3:03:13 PM

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Doesn't this make your car a target for break in? How do they plan their delivery if the car is a potentially moved during the day? If you have to leave it parked during a delivery window isn't it just easier to use a fixed address?

TomM - 4/24/2018 3:41:45 PM

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Actually - this is technically NOT a break-in - if you allow On-star to open the car - that is implied permission to enter at least.

The problem is that - for many people in Urban areas - there is no safe place for these delivery people to leave a package - especially if you live in an apartment building - but even a front stoop is not a great place - and people are simply following the trucks - and can see who is not home to target.

At least in rural areas - the house might be far enough away from the road to prevent them from seeing that. BUT here - there are no nearby neighbors to watch for something wrong

atc98092 - 4/24/2018 3:52:40 PM

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Tom, I believe he means that someone spots the delivery, and the car now becomes a target for break-in. I agree, it's just too open for someone to watch the delivery and attempt to take it after the delivery driver leaves.

Not to mention the potential of the driver themselves doing something untoward within the car. While I would like to believe in the general goodness of man, real life events do not bear that out. :)

MDarringer - 4/24/2018 10:35:26 PM

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It's a convenience but no one needs to be that busy.

absent - 4/25/2018 8:03:24 AM

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No Vulva or GM car for me then.
My car is my sanctuary, I keep some things in it that I don't want a stranger to have unimpeded access to.
Personal car is just that, personal, I don't even valet unless they accept a generous tip and keep the car up front with the keys in my pocket.

MDarringer - 4/25/2018 8:37:08 AM

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You've be fun for the Live PD cops to pull over.