{"id":4719,"date":"2021-04-28T09:52:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T09:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunpkg.com\/staging-sunpkg-BH\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2024-05-02T22:11:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T22:11:34","slug":"this-is-why-amazon-sometimes-packs-small-items-in-huge-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpkg.com\/staging-sunpkg-BH\/this-is-why-amazon-sometimes-packs-small-items-in-huge-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is Why Amazon Sometimes Packs Small Items in Huge Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4719\" class=\"elementor elementor-4719\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07b9b3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07b9b3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48cf0dc\" data-id=\"48cf0dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11c8156 entry-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11c8156\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">This Is Why Amazon Sometimes Packs Small Items in Huge Boxes<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1443f entry-meta elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d1443f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By: Barry Kronhaus<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d18ea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d18ea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4721 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunpkg.com\/staging-sunpkg-BH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/amazon-big-box-packing.png?resize=274%2C182&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunpkg.com\/staging-sunpkg-BH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/amazon-big-box-packing.png?w=526&amp;ssl=1 526w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunpkg.com\/staging-sunpkg-BH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/amazon-big-box-packing.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">We&#8217;ve all experienced the needlessly big cardboard box from Amazon at least a couple of times.<\/span><\/p><p>You order a small product that could&#8217;ve probably been put inside of a tiny package the size of a ring box, or even an envelope, but instead, it came in the next wing of your cat&#8217;s ever-growing brown-paper palace.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=b6446be5f0&amp;attid=0.2&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1698108458980662629&amp;th=1790e4a57fa0dd65&amp;view=fimg&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ_tMFLbjRsxuuMsR7y7W13zEhL7bL-gye4gvTuFOK5Uf1sPsFSVbp1nqRlFJUzMlNywygJNWwDwB0t17jn1K_U-h9xa-vTIp8XeALdkvfnbgNZRj2CBh1iu5JI&amp;disp=emb\" width=\"360\" height=\"203\" \/><\/p><p>You might be wondering to yourself just how the world&#8217;s most successful and recognized online retailing brand managed to mess up something so simple as shipping.<\/p><p>Surely the mighty Amazon would know not to pack an SD card in a corrugated box that could fit a PS4 and an industrial-sized tub of lube.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-size: 14px;\">Not to mention all of that extra paper can&#8217;t be good for the environment, can it?<\/span><\/p><p>Well it turns out that actually, Amazon&#8217;s putting small items in huge boxes because &#8230; wait for it &#8230; that&#8217;s what the computers tell the packers to do.<\/p><p>Not surprisingly, there&#8217;s more to the story.<\/p><p><b style=\"font-style: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">There&#8217;s one theory floating around the internet that claims Amazon is playing Tetris with its packages:<\/b><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-4722 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunpkg.com\/staging-sunpkg-BH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/amazon-software-system.png?resize=512%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunpkg.com\/staging-sunpkg-BH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/amazon-software-system.png?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunpkg.com\/staging-sunpkg-BH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/amazon-software-system.png?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p><p>This makes no sense. When packing a truck, the idea is to fill the cube as densely as possible. Pack more widgets on a truck and the cost to ship each widget goes down and it looks like others agree. No one would purposely leave space in a trailer to protect packages. That&#8217;s what air pillows, bubble wrap, Kraft paper and other kinds of protective packaging is for.<\/p><p><b>Reddit user, itsachikenwingthing, says:<\/b><\/p><p><i>&#8220;Dude I&#8217;ve worked in warehouse unloading Amazon trailers and that is a load of baloney. If only I had a dollar for every time a mountain of packages almost fell on me opening the trailer doors.&#8221;<\/i><\/p><p>While another Reddit user, SaebraK who claims to have worked in Amazon&#8217;s Phoenix DC, says:<\/p><p><i>&#8220;I was a packer while there&#8230; The packing slip has the items and would have a letter code, A1 BO, K, AB, etc. These are the box sizes. You are told from day one to follow that code.&#8221;<\/i><\/p><p>According to an article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/538601\/inside-amazons-warehouse-human-robot-symbiosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technologyreview.com<\/a>, humans work in close collaboration with computer automation.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=b6446be5f0&amp;attid=0.5&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1698108458980662629&amp;th=1790e4a57fa0dd65&amp;view=fimg&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ9abmrAihDtZKgHOAJcDa-Uf7ueVN7vWaHwtLYr70eQ8HxNmxVDTUAYTYDi_r40HThQPE9J9COD0Ciu9Ec--RlHrOOjzVj9OEwZC-U0-s6k2yzt2sd5husIdRg&amp;disp=emb\" width=\"519\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p><p>Products flow through Amazon&#8217;s warehouses at a dizzying pace. Orders are picked and sorted in to batches headed for a single customer. The computer knows the dimensions each product and will automatically allocate the right box. It even knows the right amount of packing tape.<\/p><p>But, if the dimensions in the computer is incorrect, mistakes happen. Reddit user westward_man explained:<\/p><p>&#8220;<i>Box size is determined by dimensions of the item, not how it\u2019s going to be packed in the truck. When you get a giant box for a small item, it\u2019s usually because someone [messed] up when they measured the item, e.g., they measured a pack of six instead of the individual item. Source: I write software that handles measurements at Amazon.<\/i>&#8220;<\/p><p>This seems to be the most logical explanation. The computer specifies a box, it&#8217;s incorrect, the packer knows it&#8217;s incorrect but doesn&#8217;t have the time or the ability to make a change.<\/p><p>Said Reddit user SaebraK:<\/p><p>&#8220;<i>So, seeing some seriously stupid box sizes come through, I would down size the box to make sense. The first time I got a passing &#8220;Hey SaebraK, make sure you use the box size on the invoice.&#8221; The next time I got a real warning and told if it happened again I&#8217;d be written up.<\/i>&#8220;<\/p><p>So now you know why that deck of cards came in a box the size of a big screen tv.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Is Why Amazon Sometimes Packs Small Items in Huge Boxes By: Barry Kronhaus We&#8217;ve all experienced the needlessly big cardboard box from Amazon at least a couple of times. 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