• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    I was pleasantly surprised to see Amazon shipping some items in paper envelopes that are padded with paper instead of bubble wrap. I don’t know how they decide which envelope to use though.

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      Whichever one is closest to the employee who has to use it to pack your stuff in 6 seconds or less otherwise it’s pee-pee in a bottle time again

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            8 months ago

            Been there. Can’t find it. Maybe not on mobile?

            DDG leaves me empty handed too.

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              I can’t find it at all, I want quickly chat with customer service or even a competent bot (like a proper fucking millenial adult) & resolve it. But this isn’t an option. I think I made it work, here’s the steps:

              Call (🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🤡) Amazon cust service 18882804331

              Let bot speak, verify account by text (say yes), Text message: Are you calling Amazon? Yes

              Now start saying NO. Bot must finish speaking 🙄🙄🙄 Are you calling about this purchase? NO. Another purchase? NO. Amazon device? NO. You say no 4-5x & bot says “Let me get someone for you.”

              Tell human customer service representative that you’d like future shipments shipped in paper envelopes, not plastic bags.


              With my experience, ‘Odie’ briefly put me on hold for ~3 mins. He came back on & said there was a note put on my account, and my future purchases should come in paper, not plastic.

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      Pretty much everything I order off Amazon comes in paper packaging these days. Getting a plastic or bubble mailer is pretty rare.

      One disappointing thing though: the ink in almost every printing process is some form of polymer which ends up as micro plastics that long outlive the paper they were printed on. Of course, still way better than wholly plastic mailers, just not perfect.