The future of hassle-free shopping is with locker pickup services, offering quick and convenient collection of your goods, avoiding the frustrations of missed deliveries and long queues. Picture: Brendan Magaar/African News Agency(ANA)/Google Gemini
Image: Brendan Magaar/African News Agency(ANA)/Google Gemini
We’ve all been there: Ye set aside a day to stay home or at the office to receive a delivery, and it just never comes. Now you have to rearrange your schedule and get on the phone with your courier to find out just exactly when your goods will arrive.
I’ve had particular frustrations recently with RAM Couriers as they somehow can’t get through to you when you’ve provided them with two contact numbers.
You then follow up with them only to find out the delivery person was at your gate many hours earlier when they ‘tried to reach you’.
But I digress. If you don’t mind availing yourself of that, that’s just fine.
You can, of course, use a service like Takealot and choose pickup at one of their many centres across the country.
Still, as efficient as these pickups are, if you go during a busy time, you will still likely have to wait in line before your order comes through.
That’s why I’ve recently come to enjoy the locker pickup service provided by Amazon through the Courier Guy.
With Amazon in particular, you are often charged something like R1 or R2 for delivery to a designated locker, and it arrives promptly the next day.
When you go to collect at your locker location of choice, you simply tap the locker interface screen, and it then allows you to scan your QR code or enter an OTP you received.
In a flash, your locker pops open, and you simply take your package. To me, this really feels like living in the future, while not wasting your time waiting for delivery people.