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		thaumasiotes on Aug 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A bike parts company ditched Amazon to support ind... > Packages arrive typically well packaged and undamaged That's another thing. Amazon used to ship things in boxes with appropriate padding. Now they're shipping books in manila envelopes, with predictable damage to the book from the tightness of the envelope.

gonehome on Aug 23, 2021 [–]

I wonder if there's regional variation depending on warehouses? I'm in SF and have had pretty good experiences.

It's mostly a comparison I'm making to alternatives which I've found to be worse (usually the non-amazon packaging is terrible).

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