Hate these bubble envelopes! They cannot go into paper recycling because of the plastic liner, and cannot go into plastic film recycling because of the paper wrapping. The two are glued inseparably together and can only go IN THE TRASH!
Ordered 20+ groceries from Amazon on Prime Day. Today my order arrived with each item packaged separately.
Submitted 1 year ago by Sarsaparilla@kbin.social to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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TauZero@mander.xyz 1 year ago
dan@upvote.au 1 year ago
They have something like “recycle me like a cardboard box” printed on them, and I’ve been putting the in my recycling :/ are they lying?
Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 1 year ago
I just checked and these bags have no such thing written anywhere on them.
LordShrek@lemmy.world 1 year ago
they did it out of spite, to get you to stop ordering groceries from the internet, lol
Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 1 year ago
There was like 12 packet pastas @ 85 grams each, 12 cans of spaghetti and baked beans. A couple of other odds and ends. All piled on my front porch when I arrived home from work today. The postman must've been livid.
Bonehead@kbin.social 1 year ago
Kinda sorta...while it's a lot to take to the door, it knocks off most of the packages off our list in one stop. I'm more upset when people order cat litter.
Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 1 year ago
I put the packages in this box to bring them in, so I can imagine it would've been pretty frustrating going back and forth to the truck with handfuls of packages. I sure hope he forgives me. lol.
But anyway, why cat litter? Because it's heavy, or spills? I'm in Australia so online cat litter offerings are not a cost effective option, but I'll keep your protest in mind for the future.
zloubida@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I find it mildly infuriating that people still buy on Amazon 😅
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
It shouldn’t be on the individual consumers to avoid monopolies; we need antitrust enforcement; we need to break up Amazon.
zloubida@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It shouldn’t be indeed, but unfortunately it is. We can’t just hide our personal responsibility behind the State when the State is deficient.
lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It’s not just about the monopoly though. Their site is rife with counterfeits and is basically Wish now. Want a GE lightbulb? There’s a 50/50 chance you’re getting a counterfeit that isn’t UL tested so you don’t know it’s safe, and that’s if you can even find the product at all hidden between the random name generator company listings for random garbage that’s slightly similar to the search term you entered.
fidelacchius@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why tho. Their shipping is amazing. And they have pretty much anything you could want.
Schmuppes@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, and warehouse workers piss into bottles and cannot unionize.
hup@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And they have virtually no consumer safeguards to ensure the knockoff product you buy is not going to break in a month or two. Or set your house on fire if you leave it plugged in.
realcaseyrollins 1 year ago
What's a better alternative? All I know of is eBay, but I used Amazon to buy DVDs and Blu-Rays to support films, and eBay sales don't count as disc sales the same way that Amazon sales do.
zloubida@lemmy.world 1 year ago
An actual shop?
dingus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is completely unrelated but I love your instance name lol!!
Arseniste@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Tyranny of convenience 😬
ZombieTheZombieCat@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It’s also so much more expensive to buy from small, local businesses. Not everyone can afford to do that, no matter how much they hate buying from Amazon or Walmart.
priapus@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Genuine question, what better alternative is there? I put a lot of effort into buying from small businesses with good morals, but I have no idea how to do this for the things I would buy online. If I don’t buy from amazon, i’m buying from target, Walmart, or some other supermarket. I don’t see how those are better.
TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The difference that there is at least some choice. The choices may all be bad, but still better than Amazon. They have no realy big competition. The fact that it is so hard not to order on Amazon is very concerning.
Kethal@lemmy.world 1 year ago
eBay is ok for a good portion of what Amazon sells, but it’s not a perfect replacement. It’s not all auctions now. There are lots of things you purchase outright and they ship very quickly. Watch out for people who resell Amazon items at a mark up though. It too is not all that much better than Walmart, Amazon, etc, but at least you keep anyone from dominating.
Otherwise, sometimesnthere are small sellers you can find for niche products.
SmokesForBreakfast@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dumb question incoming; do these companies not offer delivery via postal services or the like? Where are you located?
Turkey_Titty_city@kbin.social 1 year ago
I can order from amazon, or spend an hour in the car to go to a store and pay a higher price.
I'm buying from amazon.
lingh0e@lemmy.film 1 year ago
It is faster to have 20 slaves in 20 different parts of the warehouse stuff 20 different envelopes than it is to have 1 single slave go to 20 different locations in a warehouse and stuff a box.
Their obligation is just to get the product from their facilities to your door. They don’t give a shit HOW it gets there.
Sarsaparilla@kbin.social 1 year ago
I mean, if it were 20 different items I could probably put it down to that but there were six packets of each of the flavours and types. You'd think all the Alfredo's could go in one package, for example, not each in their own padded envelope. Does pasta even need padding? It was just ridiculous, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were a disgruntled worker engaged in a bit of malicious compliance!
Saneless@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s been a last resort shop for me for the last year or so
If a place can’t get me something in time, isn’t available, or ultra expensive, I’ll get it at Amazon
RicketyHalo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What other option is there, Aliexpress?
bossito@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Assuming the person lives in a normal town or village, you always have plenty of options. Groceries by post is totally absurd.
CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I’m in the process of manually transferring my wishlists for ebooks and physical books to Kobo and B&N atm. Then I’ll be transferring my other wishlists to Notebook.
After all that I’ll just use Amazon like a search engine.
EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Woke i will exhaust all local alternatives first, Amazon is my pinch hitter when I can’t find The Thing anyplace else.
Skellybones@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Easy to find stuff
FarmerSanchez@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This does not affect you at all. Let others be.
redditcuntsz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s easy 🤷♂️
Zuberi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Preach lol
tallwookie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
why? it’s super convenient. I do all of my grocery shopping via Amazon Fresh. cheaper than a brick & mortar store