Amazon packaging

[Phil Pascoe]

That box and all that paper for an auger. :shock:

 

[marcros]

that you need to return because of the height of the spur

 

[Phil Pascoe]

:lol: =D>

 

[bourbon]

That is just plain daft but I know that they use standard size boxes. You have to admit that it is an unusual size to have to wrap. I won't use them personally

 

[Phil Pascoe]

A tube?

 

[Droogs]

They're not the only ones. I just got a packet of scrollsaw blades that came in a box 25 times the volume of the packet from Axminster. They could have put it in a small Jiffy bag or even a polypocket taped to the side of the scrollsaw box

 

[Bm101]

I saw a vid at some sad point in my life of an Amazon packer. He had a selection of about 6 box sizes and a roll of brown paper about a metre thick. Those guys don't hang about he made Usain Bolt look like a slowcoach. If they don't meet the required numbers Amazon has their families made into beefburgers. Not a particularly great company to work for from what I've seen. Which makes their new spread the love advert a little hard to take.

ED: This isn't the video but gives an idea of the scale.
[youtube]8-DgmfMa5Zk[/youtube]

 

[novocaine]

the paper is fantastic for lining your workbench during glue up or messy jobs.
if you get enough of it, then it's also great for masking during spray painting.
I have a rather large roll of it above the bench.

 

[AndyT]

That video provides the answer - everything goes into a box so it can all be stacked in the lorry.
From Amazon's point of view, it makes sense. A stacked box will have a visible label which can be found without rummaging through the whole stack, looking for a long thin thing somewhere near the bottom.

 

[transatlantic]

That video provides the answer - everything goes into a box so it can all be stacked in the lorry.
From Amazon's point of view, it makes sense. A stacked box will have a visible label which can be found without rummaging through the whole stack, looking for a long thin thing somewhere near the bottom.

Perhaps - but then there is so much more dead space, which means more trips, more lorries, more energy spent.

The thing that annoys me is when that pack small things (that could have been put through the letterbox if wrapped properly) into some giant box that you then miss if you're not in.

 

[AndyT]

All true too.
I wonder if someone could devise a system where goods, in minimal or returnable packaging, go to some sort of local depot, where people could look at them, choose what they want, pay and take them away immediately? :wink:

 

[transatlantic]

All true too.
I wonder if someone could devise a system where goods, in minimal or returnable packaging, go to some sort of local depot, where people could look at them, choose what they want, pay and take them away immediately? :wink:

But then you would have to leave the house.

 

[whatknot]

My Mrs orders hairspray & deodorants from Boots & Superdrug, its cheaper in bulk when on offer

They come three or four cans to a box, even though many more would fit in the box

On the bright side the boxes are excellent for packing sold items ;-)



That box and all that paper for an auger. :shock:[/quote]

 

[Phil Pascoe]

All true too.
I wonder if someone could devise a system where goods, in minimal or returnable packaging, go to some sort of local depot, where people could look at them, choose what they want, pay and take them away immediately? :wink:

100,000s have tried that - and gone bust.

 

[MrTeroo]

They sent me a hard drive the other day, rattling around in a far too big single wall box with no padding or protection.

Bounced it right back to them.

 

[Claymore]

.........

 

[Sheffield Tony]

I thought they were going to be delivering stuff like that by drone :lol:

 

[geoffshep]

Ordered 2 x 4ft roller blinds and they came in separate 4' x 2' boxes ...

.. and they were dumped on the doorstep despite the 'safe place' being clearly marked on the address label.