One of those Too Easily Amused moments

[muttlymob]

Sold something to someone who works for Amazon.  Using work address as Ship-To.

Mailed it in an eBay branded box.

giggle

[berserkerplanet]

Should have mailed it in a used Amazon box plastered with eBay shipping tape

[thecollegefund]

I wonder how many thousands of Amazon boxes get re-used by Ebay sellers?

[castlemagicmemories]

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@thatsallfolks wrote:

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@gagnon234 wrote:
He might be hung for treason.

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"hanged"

"He might be hung" means something completely different.

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[scga912]

Gotta give it to @thatsallfolks

People are hanged.

Clothes and pictures are hung.

[scga912]

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@muttlymob wrote:

Sold something to someone who works for Amazon.  Using work address as Ship-To.

Mailed it in an eBay branded box.

giggle

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Did you load it up with eBay stickers, tape and tissue too?

[membersinceaug2001]

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@thecollegefund wrote:

I wonder how many thousands of Amazon boxes get re-used by Ebay sellers?

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Use those Prime ones and you may get faster delivery.

[wamegun]

I know I reuse them! I love getting one of their wasteful shipping boxes! They 2 foot box that brings me my dishwasher soap gives me another box to reuse and lots of the air pillows I use for my own orders.

[thatsallfolks]

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@wamegun wrote:
I know I reuse them! I love getting one of their wasteful shipping boxes! They 2 foot box that brings me my dishwasher soap gives me another box to reuse and lots of the air pillows I use for my own orders.

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Those air pillows just seem to float around in the box. I've never opened an Amazon box and found the item fully protected by the pillows.

[muttlymob]

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@thatsallfolks wrote:

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@wamegun wrote:
I know I reuse them! I love getting one of their wasteful shipping boxes! They 2 foot box that brings me my dishwasher soap gives me another box to reuse and lots of the air pillows I use for my own orders.

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Those air pillows just seem to float around in the box. I've never opened an Amazon box and found the item fully protected by the pillows.

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I don't get Amazon boxes myself, but the ones I see with not enough air pillows in too big a box are usually not reusable because the boxes get torn or crushed, since they are mostly empty and do not stand up to shipping.

[thecollegefund]

What a great way to get "free" shipping supplies---order something cheap and small from Amazon and get a bunch of packing material and boxes as a "bonus". Might have to figure out the economics of that!

[pvcliff]

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@thatsallfolks wrote:

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@wamegun wrote:
I know I reuse them! I love getting one of their wasteful shipping boxes! They 2 foot box that brings me my dishwasher soap gives me another box to reuse and lots of the air pillows I use for my own orders.

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Those air pillows just seem to float around in the box. I've never opened an Amazon box and found the item fully protected by the pillows.

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I bought three paperbacks last week that arrived in a huge box with a few air pillows.  A corner on one book had a small bend. I'd never ship anything out like that on eBay, and would expect a comment in feedback about it if I did.

[lewisburggold]

Good job.  best regards

[wamegun]

I have to say that the most wasteful company to ship is Target. I ordered 4 clip on desk lamps and a set of sheets that was dirt cheap on Prime Day. I got most of the order 2 days later. The boxes lamps we're in another box, in a larger box that was double the size of the enclosed lamps. Lots of bubble wrap and air cushions with some decent sized boxes I know I will use. The sad part about it was that they sent me 4 of the wrong type of lamps so back to my local Target it was. Just got the twin sheets and they were in a box 3-4 times it's size. It drives me nuts at how wasteful some of these companies are but I do try to use their ignorance/laziness to my advantage. Buying boxes is not cheap.

[berserkerplanet]

>>It drives me nuts at how wasteful some of these companies are

It all comes down to $. Years ago many companies determined that the logistics of specifying, ordering, warehousing, pulling, arranging, and picking 50 different box sizes cost more than a bit higher cost for a larger box and for shipping. Shipping employees don't get brain freeze deciding which box to use, and airpacks are cheap.

Apparently, the appearance* of too large boxes being wasteful in the eyes of buyers doesn't decrease sales enough to offset the other (perceived?) savings.

*Companies pretty much don't seem to care about their image anymore unless something goes viral. They do some minor damage control, do 180's once in a while when they roll something out that should have been tested and wasn't and there is an outcry, but otherwise just assume the public has a 120 second attention span and will forget about a (perceived) outrage in a few days and come back for more. (eBay is a poster child for this)