Random musings: Meet Irving

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Meet Irving

This is Irving. He is the Amazon Locker located outside the 7-Eleven at 3760 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton CA 94588-8507. All of the Amazon Lockers have names.

I found out about Amazon Lockers when I was delivering packages for UPS this past Christmas season; and since people have been wondering about the security of packages left on their porches or have even had packages stolen out of their mailboxes, I thought I'd share this with you.

According to Amazon:

About Amazon Locker

Amazon Locker provides you with a self-service delivery location to pick up and return your Amazon.com packages. Lockers are currently available in a variety of locations throughout the U.S.

Instead of delivering a package to your home or business address, you can select an Amazon Locker location and pick up your package at a time that's convenient for you. Once your package is delivered to the Amazon Locker, you'll receive an e-mail notification with a unique pickup code that includes the address and opening times for your selected Locker location.

When you arrive to collect your package, enter your pickup code or scan the barcode using the barcode scanner and follow the instructions on the screen.

All packages delivered to Amazon Locker locations must be picked up within three business days. If you're not able to collect your package within this timeframe, the package will be returned to us for a refund.

If you have feedback about your experience with Amazon Locker, you can submit it through the Amazon Locker Customer Survey.

The locker consists of quite a few compartments of various sizes. When you use the Amazon Locker option at checkout, it instructs UPS or other vendor to take that package to the locker. The driver scans the barcode on the shipping label and the correct sized compartment door opens automatically. The package is placed inside and Amazon will then email a special code to you. When you go to the locker and enter your code, or scan the barcode that is included in the email, the locker opens automatically.

That's all there is to it. Your packages are much more secure this way and it doesn't cost you any extra to use this service.