Pakit

Ship goods to other countries via travelers

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Ship goods to other countries via travelers

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Senders can ship goods from one place to another via travelers, and we are connecting senders with the travelers. Travelers can earn money by utilizing their unused baggage space. Travelers pay a large amount at airports for carrying extra luggage, so we connect such travelers with people carrying less.

Launch tags:Productivity•Travel•Transportation

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Product Hunt

This seems a bit risky, but I like the concept. I know some aunts & uncles that would definitely take advantage of a service like this.

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8yr ago

Product Hunt

@jacqvon I've seen a ton of Facebook Groups dedicated for this purpose, it does seem a bit scary..

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8yr ago

@jacqvon @amrith you can also use Grabr)

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8yr ago

Hunter

@jacqvon we've definitely done this type of stuff with friends of friends of friends (basically strangers) but not through Pakit. It's mostly to shop clothes or foreign snacks, and we've done the same for others. There's always a risk to it, and though we've personally never had anything stolen, there's always that risk of happening.

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8yr ago

I thought about building this a while ago but I didn't think it was feasible if it happened outside the airport. I'm not going to bring a luggage that I didn't pack through security (it is also not possible to do so, i.e. flying Europe - US, they ask you that explicitly) and at the same time I shouldn't open it to see what's in it for privacy reasons. How do you plan to address this? Curious to hear your thoughts.

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8yr ago

Quoter

@fanahova same here!

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8yr ago

This idea is so old, why am I still seeing this here. How is this any different from the other dozen failed services that tried to do this?

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8yr ago

Hunter

@lawmicha first time I've seen it implemented, but I'm curious as to what other alternatives there are out there.

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8yr ago

The idea is nice but there might be some security concerns. What if someone ships something illegal? Who would take responsibility for that? What if the package gets damaged? Do you guys have insurance?

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8yr ago

Hunter

@hoogleyb I personally haven't used it, but those are fair concerns.

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8yr ago