Amazon Tackles “Wrap Rage” But Ignores Its Own Packaging Peeves

Wednesday, 08 September 2010 | by Pat's Picks

Amazon is leading the charge against superfluous packing. And there’s an article about it in the business section of today’s New York Times. I think it’s great that they are telling manufacturers that they don’t want the same shoplifter-proof plastic packaging that goes to bricks-and-mortar stores. But maybe while they’re tackling that problem they could also look at their own packaging.

I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon because I like their prices and have the “Prime” shipping subscription. But often the box that they use to ship my stuff in is ten times bigger than the item. It’s wasteful and inefficient to ship mostly empty boxes. Not to mention it’s a pain in the butt to dispose of all of the excess packaging material when it arrives. It doesn’t fill me with “wrap rage” the way trying to extricate something from industrial plastic does but I’d definitely say it’s a package peeve of mine.