Amazon sometimes uses oversize boxes.
Feb 22, 2019 11:46:33 #
Feb 22, 2019 14:16:38 #
James Slick
Loc: Pittsburgh,PA
PixelStan77 wrote:
An Artificial Robot decided that and packaged it.
They should switch to free range organic robots!
Feb 22, 2019 14:27:36 #
Feb 22, 2019 15:16:25 #
Mr Bill 2011
Loc: southern Indiana
much easier to handle and process a standard size box robotically than it would be to process & ship a mix boxes and envelopes; since there is a set charge for minimum shipping weight of 1 lb, it's easier and cheaper just to send all boxes.
Feb 22, 2019 17:36:13 #
Just received a Sony 120GB XQD card from B&H in a padded 8x10 envelope. Oversize packaging may be harder to loose, easier to handle, and less evident for thieves. There has got to be a reason that makes sense.
Feb 23, 2019 00:08:12 #
Bill_de wrote:
But REALLY!
Having worked for several years at an Amazon fulfillment center I am in a position to explain this to you.
It has nothing to do with the Tetris stacking myth that goes around.
In the case of the batteries all lithium batteries are classed as hazardous materials and must be given additional protection as well as extended space against bumping and crushing.
Amazon uses a fixed number of box sizes and this one would have been the smallest size to meet all the legal criteria for transportation of hazmat.
When I first started there I thought it was wasteful myself however it does serve a logistics purpose.
Feb 23, 2019 22:00:58 #
Feb 24, 2019 00:08:31 #
John_F wrote:
I would inagine automation of the packing line has a lot to do with it.
Amazon pack lines are not automated like you think.
A human being still packs the boxes.
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