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Dear Amazon, what are you doing?
October 4, 2007

Posted by CindyW in : Opinions & Thoughts , 4 comments

My husband ordered a set of 4 small Pyrex containers (1-cup size) from Amazon. They came in separate packages. This is only the first package.

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1. bubble wrap that wrapped the container
2. box that had the bubbled wrapped container
3. plastic protective material
4. box that contains 1, 2, 3 & 4, and 5
5. The 1 cup sized container (yeah, only one)

Looking at the multiple protective layers, you’d think Amazon was shipping me a precious vile of elixir of life.

I can blabber on about how horrible this much unnecessary packaging is for the environment. What struck me most is that this is just plain BAD business. Poor supply chain management and terrible warehousing process. Tearing open four layers of packaging to get to one tiny container? Not exactly glowing customer service either. I would cringe if I owned any stock.

CindyW at Organicpicks

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