blameless77
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grrr for the ‘Amazon cardboard piling up’ - there are other sources you know! #shoplocal
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grrr for the ‘Amazon cardboard piling up’ - there are other sources you know! #shoplocal
I don't mean to moan and maybe this is a joke, but I felt it was unfair that Buddy Bradley picked on Cloo and in turn think it's a bit mean-spirited for you to pick on BB in this manner as well. If they are staying largely at home, Amazon is an extremely helpful resource and much more likely to have the things they want and be delivered than relying on local shops.
I'm not normally this po faced
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Half my flat is now fucking Amazon boxes. I hate Amazon and yet I need stuff and they can send it to me and I can barely cook fucking rice or put my laundry away so I'm not going to feel guilty about taking the easiest route to buy a wok. That doesn't mean I don't still hate them.
blameless77
Well-Known Member
I don't mean to moan and maybe this is a joke, but I felt it was unfair that Buddy Bradley picked on Cloo and in turn think it's a bit mean-spirited for you to pick on BB in this manner as well. If they are staying largely at home, Amazon is an extremely helpful resource and much more likely to have the things they want and be delivered than relying on local shops.
I'm not normally this po faced
Surprisingly, there’s all kinds of places to buy things online that aren’t Amazon. We can let the pandemic destroy and divert from protecting our environment (single use masks already littering the countryside) - or we can continue to try and mitigate impact. Name one thing you can only get from a multinational, tax-dodging conglomerate?
blameless77
Well-Known Member
This is exactly what I’m talking about. Shame on you! Sheer laziness.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
I do order from alternative sources when possible, including the local book shop or actual specialists. The cardboard wasn't all actually from Amazon.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
you should probably also know that I am too tired to be able to distinguish between sarcasm and honestly expressed opinion
Not everyone has the money to spend on delivery charges from local suppliers and can afford the higher prices they charge. Yes, I am sure you can get things from a more expensive source other than Amazon but it isn't fair to judge those who are staying at home during a pandemic and expect them to pay higher prices just because you don't like Amazon.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Why are people having a problem with cardboard?
It's collected here for recycling, I thought that was standard across the country.
It's collected here for recycling, I thought that was standard across the country.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Ditto here, in fact according to t'council website if you can't fit a box in your wheelie you can just leave it next to it and they will take it anyway though I have noticed that is a bit hit and miss, it depends on the bin crew. Some will, some won't.Why are people having a problem with cardboard?
It's collected here for recycling, I thought that was standard across the country.
I think it was more about Amazon being tax-dodging cunts than cardboard per se.Why are people having a problem with cardboard?
It's collected here for recycling, I thought that was standard across the country.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
It's also not like somehow the Amazon fairy comes and slices up all the million bloody boxes and puts them in bags is it.
On this point, there is a book I want to buy currently. I went to bookshops such as Waterstones and WH Smith to see if I could see the book there, more to see if I want to buy it or not, but they don't stock it. I imagine that if they don't stock it, the one local, smaller, bookshop near here (in a different town to the one I went to) probably don't have it in stock either. I could get them to order it, but doubt they do delivery to home. I could order from Waterstones or WH Smiths, but can't see that they are much different from Amazon. I am sure they have their own tax dodges and would likely be more expensive.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Fantastic name you've given yourself blameless77 although next year maybe change it to smugcunt77 as an upgrade?
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LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Always good in grim times like a pandemic with tens of thousands of people dead, and others really struggling with mental and physical health, financial insecurity, and problems with work, etc. to start having a go at someone about using too many cardboard boxes. 
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
literally have cardboard from weeks ago sitting around in my flat, not in a recycling bag
I mean it's either kill myself or that and kill all the rest of you first isn't it
sorry peeps, you're all going to have to die, you've seen the shame
I mean it's either kill myself or that and kill all the rest of you first isn't it
sorry peeps, you're all going to have to die, you've seen the shame
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I have quite a cardboard collection, none of it Amazon...and I feel no shame. Screw the haters.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
They aren't anywhere near the scale of Amazon in terms of the way they treat their workers or global tax avoidance, or you would have heard about it. Have you tried Book Depository: Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million books or eBay?
Also, if everyone else is more expensive than Amazon, it doesn't necessarily mean they are overcharging. Amazon is artificially low, and that money is coming from somewhere.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
You have to bag your cardboard?
Quote from their website:
Book Depository was acquired by Amazon in 2011, and since then we have worked together to ensure the best possible experience for all our customers worldwide. By working with Amazon, we have improved our customer service and delivery, and increased our selection of books to more than 20 million, so not only will you find a great read, but we hope you'll find your experience with us is even better.
We still have a dedicated team at Book Depository working to maintain the personal experience that we know our customers love. All of us, from Customer Service right through to Marketing and Finance are very passionate about books. We love making recommendations for titles and sharing the books we've loved with you, and we don't plan on changing that anytime soon.
I didn't say the others are overcharging. If I buy the book through Waterstones, it costs 25 pounds. If I buy it through WH Smiths, it costs 20 plus 5 pounds delivery. If I buy it through Amazon, it costs 18, a saving of 7 (or 39% more expensive elsewhere). I can afford the extra 7 to buy through Waterstones or WH Smiths if I wanted to but to judge others for saving 7 pounds on an 18 pound purchase seems wrong. Anyway, derail over.
Could possibly be that if you have a whole load of cardboard, it takes a bit of having enough energy/hitting the right mood to squash/cut it all up, then to take it to bin (which might be a painful walk if you live in a block of flats with communal bins)Why are people having a problem with cardboard?
It's collected here for recycling, I thought that was standard across the country.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Well it has to get into the recycling somehow. I could maybe take it down and try to sneak it into the bins.
BlanketAddict
Well-Known Member
I grab a banana box or two at the supermarket to put my shopping in, saves on the old plastic bag malarkey.
I then chuck all the recycling in them ready for the bin men.
Win/Win and, to quote Phil Daniels, it gives me an enormous sense of wellbeing.
And the seagulls make easy work of most of my food waste. I'm a fan of seagulls.
I then chuck all the recycling in them ready for the bin men.
Win/Win and, to quote Phil Daniels, it gives me an enormous sense of wellbeing.
And the seagulls make easy work of most of my food waste. I'm a fan of seagulls.
wtfftw
melting like a toastie
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
I grab a banana box or two at the supermarket to put my shopping in, saves on the old plastic bag malarkey.
I then chuck all the recycling in them ready for the bin men.
Win/Win and, to quote Phil Daniels, it gives me an enormous sense of wellbeing.
And the seagulls make easy work of most of my food waste. I'm a fan of seagulls.
My binmen wouldn't take a crate full like that. They will take large boxes that don't fit the fairly small recycling bags, but otherwise everything needs to be in bags (either council branded or completely clear). And to put cardboard out without a bag it has to be done on the day or it gets soaked. If you tried to put out a banana box full of stuff even the night before it'd quickly end up spread across the street due to foxes and drunk people.
BlanketAddict
Well-Known Member
By the sounds of it my area has good bin men / council policies.
No issues with mixed recycling in the banana box, soaking wet or dry (we do get issued with big plastic tubs but they get nicked if left unattended!) and thankfully no drunken shenanigans. Not to say there aren't plenty of drunks...
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Ah, sorry - must have got it confused with one of the others. Try ABE Books or BookOutlet.com.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
Abe books is also owned by Amazon, unfortunately.
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