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I think this is brilliant on Amazon's part. The frustration factor in opening some items (children's toys, for instance) shouldn't be underestimated.

petercooper 18y ago
Not just the frustration factor, but the recycling factor is key too - especially in areas (such as mine) where trash is heavily limited (3 sacks for 2 weeks max) but recycling paper/cardboard is easy. I think Amazon might have taken some influence from Sennheiser who have been trying out the whole "eco" packaging thing lately: http://is.gd/6dHl http://is.gd/6dHl : It's worked out well - I believe the eco packaged headphones outsold the regular packaged ones on Amazon.co.uk for quite a while, so it might have helped them go with the idea.
- lallysingh 18y ago
  Where is that?
  - blackguardx 18y ago
    Pretty much anywhere in northern California. It's like that where I live in Sonoma County.
  - petercooper 18y ago
    United Kingdom. Our council is quite progressive on the recycling front. Despite the inconvenience at first, I'm in support of it. I think we recycle about 60% of our household waste now. Large families and those with babies get special allowance to have more trash, so it's reasonably fair. The only downside, and one many are complaining about, is that they alternative trash pickup with recycling pickup, so you have to leave some trash sitting around for 2 weeks.. not pleasant to drag through the house on pickup day.
    - ionfish 18y ago
      The more stuff one composts or puts in a food bin (provided by the council in some places, such as Richmond), the less smelly stuff one has to endure in the bin proper.
- manvsmachine 18y ago
  How long have they (Sennheiser) been doing this? I bought a pair of CX300's this past summer and they didn't come like that.
  - petercooper 18y ago
    I bought mine just over a year ago with the eco packaging. This was in the UK though. Both options were available.
wheels 18y ago
Well, if you believe this is really about frustration you've been duped. This will significantly reduce Amazon's costs since things won't have to be boxed separately for warehousing, then again for shipment, not to mention, they won't have to pay for the packing materials. Still, I'm all for it, mostly because it means less waste. I'd love to see this spread even to stores and such, where you had a display item and then a boring, recyclable package.
- jmtulloss 18y ago
  Just because they benefit doesn't mean we don't too. Perhaps if reducing waste created more frustration for the user you could attack Amazon's motives, but it actually helps everyone. There is not a single reason for Amazon not to go forward with this, and I'm sure they're happy it helps their customers even as it helps their bottom line.

petercooper 18y ago

Not just the frustration factor, but the recycling factor is key too - especially in areas (such as mine) where trash is heavily limited (3 sacks for 2 weeks max) but recycling paper/cardboard is easy. I think Amazon might have taken some influence from Sennheiser who have been trying out the whole "eco" packaging thing lately: http://is.gd/6dHl http://is.gd/6dHl : It's worked out well - I believe the eco packaged headphones outsold the regular packaged ones on Amazon.co.uk for quite a while, so it might have helped them go with the idea.

lallysingh 18y ago
Where is that?
- blackguardx 18y ago
  Pretty much anywhere in northern California. It's like that where I live in Sonoma County.
- petercooper 18y ago
  United Kingdom. Our council is quite progressive on the recycling front. Despite the inconvenience at first, I'm in support of it. I think we recycle about 60% of our household waste now. Large families and those with babies get special allowance to have more trash, so it's reasonably fair. The only downside, and one many are complaining about, is that they alternative trash pickup with recycling pickup, so you have to leave some trash sitting around for 2 weeks.. not pleasant to drag through the house on pickup day.
  - ionfish 18y ago
    The more stuff one composts or puts in a food bin (provided by the council in some places, such as Richmond), the less smelly stuff one has to endure in the bin proper.
manvsmachine 18y ago
How long have they (Sennheiser) been doing this? I bought a pair of CX300's this past summer and they didn't come like that.
- petercooper 18y ago
  I bought mine just over a year ago with the eco packaging. This was in the UK though. Both options were available.

wheels 18y ago

Well, if you believe this is really about frustration you've been duped. This will significantly reduce Amazon's costs since things won't have to be boxed separately for warehousing, then again for shipment, not to mention, they won't have to pay for the packing materials. Still, I'm all for it, mostly because it means less waste. I'd love to see this spread even to stores and such, where you had a display item and then a boring, recyclable package.

jmtulloss 18y ago
Just because they benefit doesn't mean we don't too. Perhaps if reducing waste created more frustration for the user you could attack Amazon's motives, but it actually helps everyone. There is not a single reason for Amazon not to go forward with this, and I'm sure they're happy it helps their customers even as it helps their bottom line.