Ever accidentally thrown away an item with packaging materials from Amazon?

[PlanetJosh]

Say you ordered something small like a phone connector or something. And then in a separate order you bought 5 T Shirts. Sometimes they ship both orders in the same box. Well the T Shirts come wrapped in plastic so I ripped open the plastic and took out the T Shirts. Then I wadded up all the plastic in a tight ball and put some tape around it to keep it together and threw it away.

Well I wasn't thinking about the little phone connector and I missed it in the box because it was sandwiched in between the T Shirts and it got thrown out with in wadded up plastic. So what do you do? After a few days when the phone connector didn't arrive I went out to the large trash container in the condo complex parking lot. But the waste truck had already taken the trash earlier in the day.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Say you ordered something small like a phone connector or something. And then in a separate order you bought 5 T Shirts. Sometimes they ship both orders in the same box. Well the T Shirts come wrapped in plastic so I ripped open the plastic and took out the T Shirts. Then I wadded up all the plastic in a tight ball and put some tape around it to keep it together and threw it away.

Well I wasn't thinking about the little phone connector and I missed it in the box because it was sandwiched in between the T Shirts and it got thrown out with in wadded up plastic. So what do you do? After a few days when the phone connector didn't arrive I went out to the large trash container in the condo complex parking lot. But the waste truck had already taken the trash earlier in the day.

Nope, I check the packing list and verify the contents of the order.

 

[dullard]

I think the majority of my friends have a similar story while growing up at Christmas. If they didn't carefully pick through all boxes and wrapping paper, eventually something small got thrown away with the trash.

I don't recall it happening to me though.

 

[SKORPI0]

Nope, I check the packing list and verify the contents of the order.

Correct. I make sure that the right items were shipped as listed on the packing slip. Never assume that they did.

 

[purbeast0]

I had something like that happen to me over the past few months. I had like 4 packages coming from amazon separately and I didn't realize that I had received the 4th package until the next day, then I went in the garage and the item was in one of the empty boxes. It was an outfit for my toddler so it was very light.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Call them and say the item never arrived.

 

[rh71]

Nope, I check the packing list and verify the contents of the order.

There's never a packing list in the Amazon boxes for me. They have too many to do probably.

 

[uhohs]

yeah, amazon doesn't seem to do packing lists anymore

 

[Crumpet]

Nope, never done that.

I have however broken a Wii because it somehow ended up in a pile of stuff headed to the tip and it fell out of the car boot when I opened the door.. DOH. Still have no idea how it got there, wife doesn't know either.

 

[JB24]

Nope, never done that.

I have however broken a Wii because it somehow ended up in a pile of stuff headed to the tip and it fell out of the car boot when I opened the door.. DOH. Still have no idea how it got there, wife doesn't know either.

Are you SURE she doesn't know?

 

[Crumpet]

No.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Never. Then again, I'm not someone who places 600 orders a year with Amazon so that I never have to leave my house. What a life that must be.

 

[OverVolt]

Losing your marbles man.

Generally speaking those types of mistakes are caused by neurological issues.

Like not getting enough sleep, your brain being affected by a flu or a virus. Having a build up of beta amyloid for whatever reason. Being exposed to alot of heavy metals, especially mercury, etc.

 

[MrSquished]

I've done it a couple of times. Both times with very cheap light items. I did it just the other day. I can't remember what it was I ordered the other time I chucked product out.

This time I ordered 10 SD card cases for my flash memory. I took out one cellophane wrapped package of 5 out and then promptly threw out the shipping envelope and realized later I must have thrown the other cellophane wrapped package of 5 out.

Oops.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Call them and say the item never arrived.

This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Not that I know of..... lol. I tend to really carefully check packaging but I could see it happen where something got stuck within packing material or something. Especially small electronic parts etc. Normally I will also check packing slip though.

 

[madoka]

I've made the same mistake a couple of times. Now I try to be much more careful about checking the entire box.

Correct. I make sure that the right items were shipped as listed on the packing slip.

I believe Amazon did away with packing slips around 2011.

 

[rh71]

Never. Then again, I'm not someone who places 600 orders a year with Amazon so that I never have to leave my house. What a life that must be.

Not having to leave the house is just an added bonus. It's more to do with not having to go back out just for 1 thing, or because you need to get a birthday gift for your kid's friend you don't need to drive 8 miles to Toys R Us just for that. Yup, that was delivered to my door today. Also the S8+ case and screen protector are on their way already. Store selections are overpriced and limited. One more I just got - toner for the laser printer @ $18 instead of having to buy Samsung-specific for $46 + tax at the local Staples. Not just for convenience or to be lazy.

 

[PlanetJosh]

Well I'm the caregiver for my elderly disabled father so I tend to stay in a lot these days since I live with him. So yeah I make hundreds of orders a year from Amazon. He has a friend who can stay and watch him if I go out but home delivery is more convenient.

And my lifestyle isn't much different than it was when I lived alone and my dad lived in his apartment 10 miles away. Living with him I still keep on buying high end PC stuff like Titan XP cards, Titan Xp cards (little p), $1k monitors and arriving tomorrow from Dell is their new $3500 Oled 30" monitor (for games and net videos.) With some financial help from my dad. I guess I really need to get a girl in here to visit. I have my own bedroom and bath as does my dad.