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Here in Germany, DHL and Amazon have their own parcel drop off lockers where they put your parcels in and send you a code to retrieve it. You then have several days to get it. And these stations are plenty in every city.
But it’s more convenient when they bring your stuff right to you! What could be more important than convenience?
But more seriously the only time I use the package lockers is when I drive over the border to Nevada to pick up something that will only ship to 49 states.
This is a relatively new technology; we have this in the states as well. As the systems get cheaper, more intuitive, more well-understood, they're rolling out to more places. I've seen one in a very small town, and there's a number of them outside of middle-high class apartment complexes.