• Erasmus
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    195 hours ago

    They were a joke anyway. We would always get a shipping box from Amazon, ten times the size of whatever we ordered with maybe one of these ‘plastic pillows’ thrown in for protection - just bouncing around. It was such a joke.

    They would never put enough in to protect the item or pick a carton to be a closer size.

    In the end it just was more plastic waste.

    • @[email protected]
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      134 hours ago

      I had the opposite problem. There would be 9 miles of that shit in a package and my item would still be broken in the bottom of the box. My cat loved it though.

      • @NABDad
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        74 hours ago

        Or a box with the plastic pillows protecting a six-pack of socks.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 hours ago

        Never understood that. Put the item directly against a part of the box that can still be damaged. I mean I understand it’s easier to toss in an item and cover it up rather than wrapping it but still. You want the item closer to the middle of the box

        • FaceDeer
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          33 hours ago

          That would be ideal, sure, but simply getting rid of the extra space that would allow the item to bounce around inside the box is very useful too.

      • FaceDeer
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        23 hours ago

        Yeah, when I saw this headline my first thought is “aww, my dog loved it when I got an Amazon package because she got to destroy all those balloon things for me.”