E-commerce Packaging Concerns

Discussions focus on the addition, cost, waste, trust, security, and design of packaging for online shipped products, especially Amazon boxes and alternatives to reduce excess or improve tamper-evidence.

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rusk Sep 7, 2017 View on HN

isn't the packaging added later?

sukuriant Mar 26, 2014 View on HN

You're really paying for the packaging

thatguy0900 Mar 29, 2021 View on HN

These are all preprepared boxes, maybe it wouldn't work so well on a random sampling of Amazon packages

andygates Apr 18, 2019 View on HN

Some reviewers are showing the "do not remove it" packaging that they got. Picky little primate fingers! But some did not get that packaging.

alchemism May 15, 2018 View on HN

How much gratuitous packaging do they use?

alacombe Jul 16, 2019 View on HN

Non-descrip boxes hides their content. Shipping in manufacturer packaging litterally tells everybody what you're buying.

hvass Oct 19, 2011 View on HN

I can't really tell if I trust the packaging.

awqrre Jun 3, 2016 View on HN

I'd be ok with it if the package had a security seal on it...

tcfhgj Oct 10, 2025 View on HN

what knowledge and context do you miss specifically on the packaging?

marban May 12, 2022 View on HN

Yeah, new packaging might pull me over