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Absurd how most of the items on the belt are already in a cardboard box. Seems so wasteful.
by fouronnes3 7y ago
Absurd how most of the items on the belt are already in a cardboard box. Seems so wasteful.
- mft_ 7y agoBetter to support returns? And maybe better protection for items not explicitly boxed to support mail-order/delivery? (Although as noted elsewhere in this discussion, maybe Amazon could use its power to require boxing better suited to their needs from the manufacturers...)
- glckr 7y agoAmazon already (for some items, in the UK at least) makes you explicitly choose to have them re-box it in their own packaging, otherwise they just ship it in whatever box it's in. I imagine they'll do the same here, just not feed these items into the box machine in the first place.
- SamuelAdams 7y agoPart of it could be privacy too. I ordered a computer monitor that was in its own cardboard box. However, that box had clearly printed "Gaming Monitor" on the box. This item was sitting on my porch for a few hours before I got home. Amazon put it in one of their boxes, which did not have any labels about the package contents. Thieves are more likely to steal a box that says "expensive computer part" versus an unlabeled box. Not to say that's always the case, but it depends on what the products box is like.