[phendrenad2]

Delivery has always been a "push" model. The seller is ultimately responsible for delivering your purchases to you, and they outsource it to a few entrenched players. I wonder if there's room for disruption in the form of a "pull" model delivery company: I pay a company to deliver my packages, and provide a nice UI/UX and maybe lose my package less frequently to boot. Then retailers will integrate with this service and alert the company to come pick up the package. Of course at first most retailers won't offer this integration, and that's okay.

[bombcar]

This exists for larger “packages” - think pallets and less than truckload (LTL).

You can order from Uline for example, and select “my carrier” and you can then instruct a shipper to pick it up, or send Bob down with the truck, etc.