https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Postage/Beware-Royal-Mail-Parcel-Lockers-there-s-a-fatal-design-flaw-and/m-p/7952445#M65701 <P>pillarboxred wrote: "Yes, so I'll go to the Post Office and wait in line. I would be happy to go to the Parcel Locker nearest me to collect something but the uncertainty of availability for sending is a killer."</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Why can't the availability status of every single locker of every single brand be checked online in advance, to save having to go and physically find out? The technology already exists! Platforms that integrate with InPost, such as Parcel2Go, do it. Or else there's the widely used existing technology that lets customers and businesss monitor stock levels using real-time sensors e.g. smart locks, Bluetooth, RFID (if buying eggs etc for delivery, using a supermarket's website). Likewise you can track locker availability live or within a short lag.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If there's a parcel locker brand that doesn't allow live locker tracking, they deserve to lose customers in favour of those that do.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Depending of course on distance, convenience and how many items you have, maybe consider rural post offices which tend to be less busy than urban ones? They might be glad of the extra business as small rural post offices form an endangered species. Though they're often part-time only. One I quite often use is open only a few hours a week; it's located in a small rear room of the post lady's house; she and the customer sit at a table, waiting customers (if any!) wait in her small rear hall or sit in her garden.</P> Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:33:09 GMT insidethe93 2025-11-04T10:33:09Z