Excessive packaging agh!

Packaging matters to consumers. I was seeking a better brand of kibbled dog food and read the customer reviews of one product. Many if not most customers praised the box as being convenient for dispensing the kibble. I bought that kibbled dog food and will buy it again mainly because of quality and partly because of the convenient packaging.

Also, when buying milk I stipulate litre bottles as those are a comfortable weight and cheaper than pint bottles.

I would but tinned sardines more often if the tins were easier to open.

I suppose it depends on the soap, Calendargirl. Sometimes you want/need something that you can't buy locally.
And of course Amazon is usually next day delivery so you can basically shop when you are doing something else (eg. at work).

I know you know this.
But I also know that sometimes it's easier to buy online than take time out to go shopping.
I'd rather pay more to buy online (on the whole) than have to drive, park, walk and shop for one item.

I ordered a new cable needle last week from Amazon as I couldn’t get the right size locally. The size of the packaged item was about four inches by one and a half. It came in a cardboard packet that my iPad would have fitted in! A small padded envelope would have served just as well.

Perhaps the answer is to buy a single bar of soap from a shop?

I ordered a new waveguide cover for the microwave online. (It came in a simple padded envelope though).

I would have preferred to buy it locally, but no chance, had to resort to the internet.

But a bar of soap. I would just get it locally, even if it cost a bit more.

But each to her own.

Small items would be easily lost/overlooked if in small packaging.
It's more cost effective to have a few different sizes of packaging rather than many different sizes, makes picking and packing faster, and more efficient.

Perhaps we should tell 'em. It's so wasteful.

I've found the same from Amazon. Mountains of packing for small items. I know they are trying to protect your order but honestly sometimes it's too much.

Thats amazon for you 🤷‍♀️