[amorphid]

> It's not a stretch to have groceries delivered all the way to your fridge

I think I'm mostly kidding... soon you'll be able to have a housemates as a service. You pay random people to come to you home, open the fridge, and drink the delivered milk right out of the container.

[munificent]

The next logical step is to use everyone's home as an impromptu fulfillment center.

Let's say Amazon has a full list of every possession you own and the price you're willing to sell it for. Any time someone goes to buy a thing, they find a nearby place that has it for the cheapest price, including shipping.

If you happen to win that round, they sending a shipping person^H^H^H^H^H^Hdrone copter into your home to pick up the item and transfer it to the buyer. They automatically credit your account the appropriate amount.

[JetSpiegel]

In that dark future, the underground economy returns to barter to avoid Amazon fees.

I trade a pack of Jaffa Cakes for that 2L bottle of Coke.

[uptown]

They’re called housesitters. Amazon probably isn’t in this market yet but could happen through some of their residential service-oriented catalog.