Amazon to ditch packaging in the run up to Christmas

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Heard the advert on the radio - Amazon are ditching packaging where possible, so whatever you order, should arrive in the manufacturers box, with your address label stuck on the side. So, let's say you order Sony headphones, the address label will be stuck to the Sony box. I'm all for wasting less, but AIBU to think that this is just a stupid idea?

A) The address label will be stuck to the product, which won't look great for gifting or even selling on. Also, if you return it, the labels don't come off, so what then?

B) In the run up to Christmas, it's fairly important that packages arrive in a concealed box or wrapper, especially if children are still little and around when the delivery man comes.

I wouldn't mind paying a little bit extra for a "concealed wrapping" option. But to just say no wrapping has put me right off.

Then you were buying something that doesn't already come in robust packaging, so they know they have to pack it themselves. This initiative only applies to products that don't need extra boxes.

I had this. You can just opt out, which I did, because it was a gift for someone living at the address - don't think you had to pay more, though.

So money

Works so well with things meant for stockings. 🤬

Try using a hairdryer to warm up the adhesive and gently peel the label off. It’s more difficult on cardboard rather than labels on something plastic but worth trying.

What high Street? Dunno where u live but mine is broken. Where do you even go for toys?

Smyth’s - the massive toy shop. Or The entertainer. Or plenty of others.

We still have Glasgow fort and a bunch of smaller retail parks in the surrounding towns.

@JoemarIerseyes Smyth's is next door to Lidl near me.
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It's generally an option if something comes in a proper box, so household appliances, boxed toys, etc.

Agree. It's all about money. Remember the tubeless toilet rolls. They claimed they were saving the environment by not using the cardboard tube. Well people mustn't have bought these toilet rolls and now tubeless are no more. They must think we are all stupid

I buy tubeless toilet rolls, they’re great!

I’ve pretty much ditched Amazon now for many reasons, the quality of their deliveries being one of them.

I would imagine many expensive items will start to go missing now.

I quite like the Amazon packaging as it’s great for using again for vinted or whatever.

You'll see a message on the product detail page and at checkout when an item might ship in the product packaging. If you're buying a gift or prefer your order to remain private, you can choose to add Amazon packaging for free with just one click at the checkout.

I mean a lot of people are stupid, that's why they keep doing this shit. Any time I come on a thread like this and say I worked for Amazon and I can tell you categorically without a shadow of a doubt that they don't give a single dusty fuck about the environment I still get people arguing with me because they've heard "reduced packaging" and believed what Amazon have told them.

I bought a craft item for my nieces birthday recently, it arrived with two extremely sticky labels directly on the box. I nearly sent it back , I tried to get the labels off but couldn’t, it looked awful.

I didn’t know this, thank you!

I think it's a good idea if you get the option, but for gifting I would rather not - I've had damaged boxes and recently when I ticked the 'it's a gift, package in outer box' option they ignored it and my teen son saw a surprise present.

It’s interesting as I’ve not seen anything on the news about this and I’ve just done some googling.

They have done this for a while, for example if I buy bay wipes they will stick the label on the cardboard box. That doesn’t bother me.

The gifts and smaller things, I’ve seen a change where they put more things in paper bags as opposed to boxes like they used to which means they’re re-thinking their prior strategy (putting a tiny item in a massive box), but there is nothing official on their websites, or even news articles to suggest that they’re thinking of just putting a shipping label on a box of Lego.

I doubt it's about the environment, but it's obviously easier for Amazon not to have to put stuff in a box, and round Christmas they must get a lot more orders, so it's probably not just a nefarious scheme to make you buy gift wrap.

It doesn't bother me. I almost always end up throwing away the manufacturer's box anyway. And I already have no desire for parcels to go to my neighbours or be left on the doorstep so I either order to an Amazon locker or on days when I'll definitely be in.

Good, about time. The waste is insane.