Amazon is now shipping without any padding?

[filmlover22]

I just got The Court Jester BD from Amazon delivered. In an extremely thin plastic bag with zero protection. Nothing. no inner lining. and the thinnest piece of plastic bag that I have ever seen in my life.

Is this the new direction in packaging from Amazon? If so, then I will never order from them again.

Any others experiencing this change?

ps. the case incredibly seems intact. But I chalk that up to luck and don't think I may be as lucky next time

[HD Goofnut]

Amazon has been doing this for years. It's one of the reasons I switched to Best Buy several years ago.

[Member-682067]

Originally Posted by filmlover22

I just got The Court Jester BD from Amazon delivered. In an extremely thin plastic bag with zero protection. Nothing. no inner lining. and the thinnest piece of plastic bag that I have ever seen in my life.

Is this the new direction in packaging from Amazon? If so, then I will never order from them again.

Any others experiencing this change?

ps. the case incredibly seems intact. But I chalk that up to luck and don't think I may be as lucky next time

Yes, I have. If you're going to order Blu's from them, it might not be a bad idea to order multiple items so you can at least possibly get the items shipped in a small box.

[filmlover22]

wow! first time for me. Will definitely order multiples now to get a box.

[HorrorBlu]

If this was from the recent $12.99 sale, I got Love Story and it arrived in the usual blue and white bubble mailer.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Amazon has been doing this for years. It's one of the reasons I switched to Best Buy several years ago.

Anything I have ever gotten from Best Buy (Target, WM, literally anybody else) was in those sticky corrugated cardboard mailers, that are sealed so tight that it's likely that even the cases get crushed.

Packaging depends on which warehouse/fulfillment center it's shipped from, it's not a company wide thing. I've never gotten anything in a bag from Amazon. Did it ship from somewhere you don't usually have them shipped from? I've bought some stuff before that shipped from out of my region and the packaging varies.

[drb999]

I’ve gotten plenty of packages from Amazon over the last 2 months and haven’t had anything shipped like that thankfully.

[Majin Blu]

Originally Posted by filmlover22

wow! first time for me. Will definitely order multiples now to get a box.

That's not a guarantee. If you order multiple, they may just put all of them in a bag. That's if they actually ship all of the items together.

[filmlover22]

I know I have gotten single movies in a better/thicker bag. Nothing like this one today.
This could be a real deal breaker for me. Some delivery folks literally throw the package on the porch. with zero protection this sounds like a recipe for disaster.

[Gunsnroses092789]

Not that I order movies from Amazon too often, it's always been in the usual blue and white bubble mailers, or once in a while, in a fiber-padded brown envelope.

[meremortal]

It seems to vary and from what I've read, Amazon demands employees to basically pack orders as quick as humanly possible.

[laidbacklarkin]

I received a steelbook y'day in a box with no protection inside at all. The Amazon delivery person threw it over the gate where it lay for a couple of hours soaking up the SoCal rain. Retrieved later in the evening to find a dented steelbook. Great going every step of the way, Amazon ! Exemplary practices

[TheNoto]

Just want to state that I ordered the steelbook of Black Adam from Best Buy, and it shipped in a bubble mailer. Granted, it arrived safely, and it was a very SNUG bubble mailer, not like the standard Amazon tear-open ones, but they definitely aren't shipping exclusively in boxes.

[Member-682067]

Originally Posted by Gunsnroses092789

Not that I order movies from Amazon too often, it's always been in the usual blue and white bubble mailers, or once in a while, in a fiber-padded brown envelope.

Both don't do much to protect the items, and both get tossed around like pieces of trash.

[Bradsdadg]

I try not to order from them when I can help it. Normally though, I get those thin white and blue bubble mailers. One time I got a plastic bag with no padding at all. Similar to the picture attached below:

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[filmlover22]

Yup. That's the bag

[murphywmm]

Originally Posted by Bradsdadg

I try not to order from them when I can help it. Normally though, I get those thin white and blue bubble mailers. One time I got a plastic bag with no padding at all. Similar to the picture attached below:

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I have received vinyl records from Amazon in that type of bag before. Needless to say, they did not arrive in very good shape.

[By_His_Strypes]

Hopefully my Missing in Action set arrives undamaged tomorrow... But, yeah It's rare that I get a package from Amazon w/ padding, it tends to be the movie alone, wether it be in a mailer or a box.

[darkonex]

Yep seems like they are moving in that direction. I remember back in the day you'd get boxes for everything, but over the last couple years I either get those barely padded brown envelopes or the bags like you speak of. If it wasn't for the fact that we do definitely order enough over the year to be cheaper than the high cost of the membership, I'd definitely cancel it. I do think if they continue raising the price though it won't be much longer until it won't be worth it.

[Rayjg]

Might as well slap a label on the actual item itself and call it a day. Only reason they probably don’t is to avoid theft.