Greymouser Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I am getting a liitle annoyed with the standard of packaging offered by some companies. Today I got a parcel from Amazon, which consisted on one little plastic bottle of stuff for my wife, packed in a box way to big leaving the bottle to rattle around. Luckily it was inrtact, but why? A little while ago I got an eyepiece from Harrisons, packed in a Jiffy bag, totaly inadequate in my opinion. Luckily it seems to be fine, but it makes no sense. There have been so many recently, I have pretty much given up on Amazon and trying to give delivery feedback, as it just seems to be ignored. Other compoanies are guilty of it too and it is just mad. It is totaly illogical though, at best a false economy. Except of course it must be costing Amazon more, to send much bigger boxes, never mind the damages that must happen from inadequate packing. Never mind being a waste of the earths resources, just how much is wasted because of this poor practice? I doubt I am the only one who has thought this, indeed I am not, having sen several posts about it. Can anyone explain the logic to me though? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooth_dr Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Maybe Amazon pays for a annual delivery contract and not 'per item', so it doesnt matter to them what size the box is? But I agree, I dont think I've had an Amazon item delivered in a correctly sized packet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Clanger Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I think amazon pack stuff they dispatch from their own warehouses. I've had things (small ) inside boxes ( large) with twists of brown paper filling the spaces. My cat likes those. She is less keen on the little plastic pillows of air . Amazon delivery around here seems to be done by self employed folk in white vans one guy (Romanian I think) who has delivered my orders a few times actually runs from van to door, rings the bell and once he sees movement through the glass of my door, runs off, but still manages a cheery wave when I shout 'thank you' at his receding figure ... He looked so stressed in the height of summer that I gave him a bottle of chilled water , they must be under terrific time pressure to fulfill the round amazon gives them for the day. I've had many small items (both breakable and not) dispatched from China through the post, they inevitably come in a grey plastic bag, occasionally with a single layer of bubble wrap inside, and if you're lucky a flimsy white card box or plastic bag inside that. Remarkably nothing has ever arrived broken . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I think Amazon warehouse staff actually have a competition to see who can pack something in the most inappropriately-sized box. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveS Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I've had packages from Amazon where the "packaging" was just the address label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien 13 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I would imagine some of the largest companies invest huge amounts in R&D to get the packaging right, never had a problem myself with any damage... Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 33 minutes ago, DaveS said: I've had packages from Amazon where the "packaging" was just the address label. I don't know if it was here, but I do recall being told recently that someone had ordered something like a wheelbarrow online and it had turned up just with the address label stuck to it. James 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aramcheck Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 During WWII my grandad sent rabbits in the post from out in the country, to my mother in London, with just an address tag & stamp tied around the hind legs. I wonder what would happen if you tried that now... Best packaging we've had recently included some wool insulating material in a delivery from the German deli. Amazon consistently deliver stuff in ridiculously over-size boxes, but I'm glad the use reusable/recyclable paper padding. Cheers Ivor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulksy Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 my Antares secondary came from Canada a few weeks ago. in nothing but layers and layers of bubble wrap. 535$ and it came like that. crazy. it was ok though 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoop1 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Not recent but a couple of years ago I had deliveries where the polystyrene beads had been replaced with popcorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeSkywatcher Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 On 29/11/2020 at 15:55, Swoop1 said: Not recent but a couple of years ago I had deliveries where the polystyrene beads had been replaced with popcorn. Healthier than Gummy Bears. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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