i'm pondering the idea of setting up shop in a large city like seattle/NYC/LA/SF and then taking orders from people who live in the city. after an order is recieved i set up a pack and deliver it to the doors of the customers much like a USPS or 1800FLOWERS guy would. is there any good ideas in this or is this LSD-fueled post completely incoherent :)
The concept of a darknet "drop zone" system has been theorized for several years, but it hasn't ever gotten farther than that in the U.S. or Europe. I've definitely heard stories of this being successfully implemented in Moscow though through (I believe) the Russian Anonymous Marketplace (RAMP).
I just started looking into their forum a few hours ago after I finally managed to get registered (I mistakenly believed they went private and were not taking any new registrations, but they're actually still open to the public). I'll try and do some research there to see if I can find anything relating to this topic.
Here's a pretty thorough article discussing this idea to get you started: http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2015-March/025212.html
Even if it could be safely implemented, I'm still a little skeptical of this ever working in even the most urban of areas like NYC or London though. Most vendors are just too spread out to make this work effectively, especially in the United States.
Edit: Just realized that you were suggesting a system where vendors would deliver their products to their customers directly. That's an absolutely retarded idea for several reasons. I'm not even gonna bother explaining why, because it should already be obvious to you.