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lazerwalker on Aug 2, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Instacart (YC S12) wants to be Amazon with 1 hour ...

Amazon already has "Amazon lockers" scattered across Manhattan where you can go pick up your packages from a kiosk inside a grocery store / drug store. You enter a pick-up code on the touchscreen, and a specified locker opens up with your goods inside it. It's easy to see how similar tech could be adapted for use inside a robovan.

jwt on Aug 2, 2012 [–]

Any particular location you have seen this in NYC? Haven't seen it yet

lazerwalker on Aug 2, 2012 | [–]

I've personally only used the one at the Gristedes in Sheridan Square, but based on their locator (http://www.amazon.com/gp/css/account/address/view.html/ref=l...) it looks like they have a good 15-16 in Manhattan and 3-4 in Queens/Brooklyn.

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