Parcel lockers are banned. Poles want to have them close, but not too close

Parcel machines, mainly InPost parcel lockers, have become a hot topic in recent weeks. All because of a petition addressed to the Sejm, the author of which, a resident of Częstochowa, complained about “troublesome door slamming” and that the machine “glows brightly at night.” The petition is to be dealt with by the Ministry of Development and Technology. However, according to Onet, similar there are more reports and complaintsand parcel lockers divide Poles and you can even talk about… “parcel locker war”. This results in the dismantling of some machines.

Poles are complaining, parcel machines are disappearing

Not only InPost, but also a few other companies have their parcel machines, but only at Paczkomaty, of which 18.5 million customers use itattracts the most public attention. Protests and complaints caused some machines to disappear.

In September, there was a famous case from Świętochłowice. A unique thing was done at the Parcel Locker sabotage – someone disconnected the device’s power cable. “The parcel locker generates excessive noise 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,” the perpetrator explained on a piece of paper stuck to the device and, citing the Code of Petty Offences, warned InPost against being held criminally liable. As it turns out, this one the attack turned out to be effective because the parcel locker disappearedeven though it was located in the parking lot of a discount store, so in a place far from houses.

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Onet also describes the case of a resident of Poznań who fought against a parcel locker installed in 2021. The machine has been installed at a public kindergartennear residential houses, without consultation.

These are the constant slamming of doors closed by InPost customers, but also by couriers, who do not care about our peace of mind. Day and night. In addition, vulgar remarks from drivers unloading their vans while pointing out that they are blocking our street

= complained the woman from Poznań.

What’s more, an automatic it hummed alarmingly during high temperatures thanks to the air conditioning that cools the device. This intensified the residents’ fear, because it turned out that InPost had set up the machine on the gas connection kindergarten, which they believed could have led to the explosion.

The location of the parcel locker on the gas connection ultimately led to this the machine was decommissioned.

Another parcel locker has disappeared in one of the villages near Krakow. Although it was the first and only vending machine in the town, was dismantledbecause a protest was received from the owners of nearby houses. This time it was about cases of couriers unpacking parcels blocking access to these properties.

It’s not InPost, it’s DHL

According to Onet, the parcel machine from Częstochowa, which will be taken care of by the Ministry of Development and Technology after a petition is submitted to the Sejm, it does not belong to InPost at allbut to German DHL company. The machine was placed on the land of one of the neighbors, on the border of the plots, replacing part of the fence next to the pedestrian sidewalk.

The information about the petition submitted to the Sejm regarding this machine caused… outrage among some media and politicianswho thundered that “the government is fighting the Polish company InPost”, which would be the point gain from German competition. It was recalled that InPost pays the highest taxes among courier companies, while German competition avoids it. In this context, the government’s interest in the petition was read as attack on Rafał Brzoska’s company and the action “für Deutschland”.