[noxToken]

Yes. Rural customers can definitely benefit from this.

I grew up about an hour from the nearest UPS facility. A closer one still doesn't exist to this day. I didn't have to worry about people stealing a package from my house, but if you go five minutes into town, you get to neighborhoods that are much more dense. If you wanted UPS to hold your package, you had a 2 hour round trip to get something you paid to have delivered to your house.

I'm not a strict advocate for Amazon Key, but I can definitely see the use case for it.

[maxerickson]

I think in the rural scenario an onsite lockbox has a bunch of advantages. Just need a way to direct deliveries to it without calling huge attention to it.

[wtetzner]

> Just need a way to direct deliveries to it without calling huge attention to it.

You'd think you could just fill in a textbox with a description of where the lockbox is when you make your order, and Amazon could forward that information to the delivery company.

[FireBeyond]

Not quite as automated, but once you get the tracking number, go to UPS.com or wherever, and "add delivery instructions".

[lucaspiller]

My parents have a plastic container slightly hidden in some bushes (ie not visible from the road), and the postman just leaves packages in there.