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Does this mean they'll stop putting a box which says "Ready to Ship" inside another stupid cardboard box that's just sliiightly larger, just so they can show of

Does this mean they'll stop putting a box which says "Ready to Ship" inside another stupid cardboard box that's just sliiightly larger, just so they can show off their Amazon logo?

ineedasername 7y ago
I just got a package like that yesterday. The article points out that's sometimes done for privacy & security (if a package is, for example, obviously a laptop it might be more likely to be stolen) However, the package I received yesterday wouldn't have had these issues. The inner wasn't obviously something of steal-able value.
- WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
  You've obviously never had some $1.58 blind spot mirrors stolen from your porch. I hope whoever took it didn't check their mirrors and crashed.
- degenerate 7y ago
  I think Amazon does this automatically for expensive items, but for less expensive items they let you choose: https://images.markets.businessinsider.com/image/5c140c7eb3c21d1bb926bcd5-840/ship-in-amazon-packaging.jpg https://images.markets.businessinsider.com/image/5c140c7eb3c...
  - QuercusMax 7y ago
    Hmm, I'll have to look for that next time.
- QuercusMax 7y ago
  I bought a 40 lb bag of wood pellets for use in my smoker. If somebody really wants to steal compressed sawdust....
  - paulfurtado 7y ago
    Random cheap things I've had stolen: - old spice deoderant 6 pack - listerine - pepto bismol - ibuprofen - $20 azamax plant pesticide desperately needed while a houseplant was being destroyed by fungus gnats. Enough value I suppose but so random to steal. - aquaphor (the tubes of stuff for dry lips) - a box of pencils I could honestly go on for much longer if I went through my purchase history. I live in a nice neighborhood in Boston and have a locked lobby where they drop off packages that I guess people tailgate into with high success. Or I suppose ringing the bell to a random apartment and saying "UPS" probably gets you buzzed in on most days.
    - ineedasername 7y ago
      I'm guessing there are (at least) two general classes of package thieves: Those who will steal any package, which would be the ones you've experiences. And those who steal expensive items more as crimes of opportunity. Package disguising really only helps with the later.
floatingatoll 7y ago
I received a monitor shipped recently in a box that had an extra layer of corner drop protection opposed to a normal simple cardboard box, and therefore it apparently didn’t need an extra layer of packaging. “Ready to Ship” means that the pallet-unpack phase has concluded and no further unwrapping should occur. It does not mean “Safe to Ship” such that no further wrapping should occur. I wonder how the carriers are negotiating the minimum requirements for flat-drop versus corner-drop versus puncture-protection now that everyone’s trying to find ways to ship efficiently with less waste. How much packaging waste is to permit shipping carriers to route packages with a 10% higher chance of “significant” collision, or with a 10% higher threshold for “significant” when measuring rate of collision? Both would be ways to fine-tune shipping costs without offering easy accountability to shippers or the public.

Does this mean they'll stop putting a box which says "Ready to Ship" inside another stupid cardboard box that's just sliiightly larger, just so they can show off their Amazon logo?

ineedasername 7y ago

I just got a package like that yesterday. The article points out that's sometimes done for privacy & security (if a package is, for example, obviously a laptop it might be more likely to be stolen) However, the package I received yesterday wouldn't have had these issues. The inner wasn't obviously something of steal-able value.

WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
You've obviously never had some $1.58 blind spot mirrors stolen from your porch. I hope whoever took it didn't check their mirrors and crashed.
degenerate 7y ago
I think Amazon does this automatically for expensive items, but for less expensive items they let you choose: https://images.markets.businessinsider.com/image/5c140c7eb3c21d1bb926bcd5-840/ship-in-amazon-packaging.jpg https://images.markets.businessinsider.com/image/5c140c7eb3c...
- QuercusMax 7y ago
  Hmm, I'll have to look for that next time.
QuercusMax 7y ago
I bought a 40 lb bag of wood pellets for use in my smoker. If somebody really wants to steal compressed sawdust....
- paulfurtado 7y ago
  Random cheap things I've had stolen: - old spice deoderant 6 pack - listerine - pepto bismol - ibuprofen - $20 azamax plant pesticide desperately needed while a houseplant was being destroyed by fungus gnats. Enough value I suppose but so random to steal. - aquaphor (the tubes of stuff for dry lips) - a box of pencils I could honestly go on for much longer if I went through my purchase history. I live in a nice neighborhood in Boston and have a locked lobby where they drop off packages that I guess people tailgate into with high success. Or I suppose ringing the bell to a random apartment and saying "UPS" probably gets you buzzed in on most days.
  - ineedasername 7y ago
    I'm guessing there are (at least) two general classes of package thieves: Those who will steal any package, which would be the ones you've experiences. And those who steal expensive items more as crimes of opportunity. Package disguising really only helps with the later.

floatingatoll 7y ago

I received a monitor shipped recently in a box that had an extra layer of corner drop protection opposed to a normal simple cardboard box, and therefore it apparently didn’t need an extra layer of packaging. “Ready to Ship” means that the pallet-unpack phase has concluded and no further unwrapping should occur. It does not mean “Safe to Ship” such that no further wrapping should occur. I wonder how the carriers are negotiating the minimum requirements for flat-drop versus corner-drop versus puncture-protection now that everyone’s trying to find ways to ship efficiently with less waste. How much packaging waste is to permit shipping carriers to route packages with a 10% higher chance of “significant” collision, or with a 10% higher threshold for “significant” when measuring rate of collision? Both would be ways to fine-tune shipping costs without offering easy accountability to shippers or the public.