[RandallBrown]

Amazon has been doing this for a few years in the US.

Bufferbox is actually only in Canada.

It's not a service I need, and definitely not one I'd pay extra for. I live in an apartment. The apartment office signs for and stores my packages.

If I lived in a house, in an area where people would steal the package left on my doorstep, then I might use something like this. It would have to be really convenient though.

[aneth4]

Most apartments do not have someone to sign for packages and missed deliveries are a pain. It's definitely worth paying $3 to avoid them m

[jarek]

Or just get things delivered by a sane service that stores your packages at a neighbourhood postal office rather than a warehouse in a distant suburb :)

[aneth4]

That limits you to the United States Postal Service, since USPS does not accept packages from other carriers.

[jarek]

Is USPS not a sane service? Sorry to hear.

[nchlswu]

The problem that's being solved is that we have no control over which delivery service a retailer uses

[jarek]

Sure, that's one of the ways to solve the problem.

Most retailers are upfront regarding the delivery service used. You wouldn't shop at a brick and mortar retailer that's unreasonably far from you. Why shop at an online retailer that sends your packages unreasonably far?