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Re:Amazon Moving To Frustration-Free Packaging by wheels on Monday November 03, 2008 @07:03PM (#352741)
Well, if you believe this is really about frustration you've been duped. This will significantly reduce Amazon's costs since things won't have to be boxed separately for warehousing, then again for shipment, not to mention, they won't have to pay for the packing materials.

Still, I'm all for it, mostly because it means less waste. I'd love to see this spread even to stores and such, where you had a display item and then a boring, recyclable package.

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Re:Amazon Moving To Frustration-Free Packaging by jmtulloss on Tuesday November 04, 2008 @04:58PM (#353938)
Just because they benefit doesn't mean we don't too. Perhaps if reducing waste created more frustration for the user you could attack Amazon's motives, but it actually helps everyone. There is not a single reason for Amazon not to go forward with this, and I'm sure they're happy it helps their customers even as it helps their bottom line.
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