# What if you have an Amazon locker pickup but no way to show the barcode with the email?

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**Created:** [February 23, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-have-an-amazon-locker-pickup-but-no-way-to-show-the-barcode-with-the-email/933517 "2021-02-23T01:39:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-have-an-amazon-locker-pickup-but-no-way-to-show-the-barcode-with-the-email/933517/21 "2021-03-09T23:25:44Z")

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Never heard of such a thing. Where do they have these?

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**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-have-an-amazon-locker-pickup-but-no-way-to-show-the-barcode-with-the-email/933517/22 "2021-03-10T00:04:51Z")

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If you search for “Amazon Pickup Locations” on the Amazon site you will get a list of lockers and counters. The counter mostly seem to be like UPS Access Points- they are unrelated businesses (pharmacies , bodegas. laundromats) where you can have Amazon packages delivered or send returns back,

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-have-an-amazon-locker-pickup-but-no-way-to-show-the-barcode-with-the-email/933517/23 "2021-03-10T00:47:23Z")

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Who uses these? People who live in apartment blocks and don’t have mailboxes big enough for the packages?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-have-an-amazon-locker-pickup-but-no-way-to-show-the-barcode-with-the-email/933517/24 "2021-03-10T00:50:58Z")

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> [@SCAdian](#):
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> Who uses these? People who live in apartment blocks and don’t have mailboxes big enough for the packages? -

I use 'em if I expect to not be home on the delivery day. There’s a couple of lockers along my route home from my coaching job.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-have-an-amazon-locker-pickup-but-no-way-to-show-the-barcode-with-the-email/933517/25 "2021-03-10T01:25:11Z")

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I use them because I had a package stolen from my patio.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-you-have-an-amazon-locker-pickup-but-no-way-to-show-the-barcode-with-the-email/933517/26 "2021-03-10T01:46:37Z")

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None around here, I see, so I’ll have to keep getting deliveries at the house…

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