Poll: packing peanuts - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

knucklesplitter · 2010-04-01, 10:10 AM

Packing peanuts lessen the quality of my day. I will no longer use them, even recycled ones somebody else sent me.

sperry · 2010-04-01, 10:14 AM

Their only redeeming value is that some of them can pop if you squish them just right. But doing it makes a static-clingy mess just that much messier.

knucklesplitter · 2010-04-01, 10:20 AM

IMO their redeeming value is the ultra-cheapness and re-usability on outgoing packages. They do the job well enough.

k-dogg39 · 2010-04-01, 10:57 AM

I was just moving some stuff around my garage last night and knocked over an old box with those in there that went everywhere. That reminded me how much I hate those things!

bluestreak · 2010-04-01, 11:12 AM

I received two shipments of equipment for my lab at work last week FULL of those damn peanuts. They got everywhere; I had to spend a good amount of time vacuuming them up.

Down with packing peanuts!!!!!!!!!!

100_Percent_Juice · 2010-04-01, 11:35 AM

Just use toilet paper and old magazines.

bigrobwoot · 2010-04-01, 11:37 AM

The only ones I wouldn't mind are the ones that my high school chemistry teacher showed the class once. When you mixed them with water, they dissolved. I think they were made out of some sort of grain product, so they were completely biodegradable and fine to rinse down the sink, once they were dissolved. Being packing peanuts, they would still be annoying, but at least they wouldn't fill up landfills as much.

sperry · 2010-04-01, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigrobwoot

The only ones I wouldn't mind are the ones that my high school chemistry teacher showed the class once. When you mixed them with water, they dissolved. I think they were made out of some sort of grain product, so they were completely biodegradable and fine to rinse down the sink, once they were dissolved. Being packing peanuts, they would still be annoying, but at least they wouldn't fill up landfills as much.

They're edible too. Made from corn starch. Mmmm.

Kevin M · 2010-04-01, 12:27 PM

As a former shipping/packing monkey... these thing suck.

A1337STI · 2010-04-01, 12:47 PM

Its nice to just dump them in when you are shipping something, esp if you hate the person you are shipping an item to.

also you can pack them under someones seats you don't like and when they open their windows ..... muahahaha

100_Percent_Juice · 2010-04-01, 01:51 PM

I like the snow globe idea. Thanks Alex

knucklesplitter · 2010-04-01, 02:06 PM

Email to one of my suppliers today:

" Got it. Thanks. But just know that there is a special place in hell reserved for people who ship with packing peanuts. "

cody · 2010-04-01, 02:43 PM

We switched over to the little air bag thingys at my work.

Dean · 2010-04-01, 03:00 PM

I use/recycle them, but put them in used/recycled tied off plastic grocery bags. They can be molded around anything, but do not become an aggravation.

knucklesplitter · 2010-04-01, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dean

I use/recycle them, but put them in used/recycled tied off plastic grocery bags. They can be molded around anything, but do not become an aggravation.

Nice suggestion! I might try it.

MattR · 2010-04-01, 03:05 PM

With all the shipping and warehousing brass on this board, I assume one of us could hook you up with a solution...

Kevin M · 2010-04-01, 03:38 PM

That 2-part chemical foam stuff is awesome. Nice wow-factor when people open their packages.

IBTWSS

sperry · 2010-04-01, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin M

That 2-part chemical foam stuff is awesome. Nice wow-factor when people open their packages.

IBTWSS

I used to way over use that crap. You could always tell which boxes I had packed 'cause they were round with foam leaking out the corners.

knucklesplitter · 2010-04-01, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattR

With all the shipping and warehousing brass on this board, I assume one of us could hook you up with a solution...

I don't need a solution. I just don't like peanuts on the receiving end. On the shipping end they're fine.

Kevin M · 2010-04-01, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knucklesplitter

Email to one of my suppliers today:

" Got it. Thanks. But just know that there is a special place in hell reserved for people who ship with packing peanuts. "

Quote:

Originally Posted by knucklesplitter

I don't need a solution. I just don't like peanuts on the receiving end. On the shipping end they're fine.

Epic.

knucklesplitter · 2010-04-01, 05:17 PM

'Twas meant to be ironic...

knucklesplitter · 2010-04-01, 05:26 PM

Seriously, I have never bought a packing peanut before - not even one, but I can't throw them away. Kinda a cross between Senor Cheap Bastard and a Senor Tree Hugger. So I usually pass on the love to somebody else in the shipping chain. I might try stuffing them in plastic bags for filling voids, but I anticipate regretting it. Sounds like a good job for pseudo-slave child labor. "Here, Alex/Auds, stuff all these bags with packing peanuts until there are no peanuts left. Oh, and be sure to clean up the mess before you are done."

GusGus91 · 2010-04-01, 06:31 PM

Who voted "love them!"?!

anyway..... Whenever I receive a package with them, I try and pull the item out of the box without any of them spilling out of the box.. It hasn't worked yet. The little white bastards always seem to make a mess that I don't feel like dealing with. They all need to burn in hell.

van · 2010-04-01, 08:07 PM

I hate packing peanuts...or as my grandma called them "ghost farts". they end up everywhere in your house and on your clothes for weeks, kind of like hooking up with a chick who's wearing glitter.

khail19 · 2010-04-01, 11:50 PM

What I really love is when some idiot eBay seller ships me a car stereo, amp or subwoofer in a huge box half filled with styrofoam peanuts. I guess they think the shipper will know or care what's in the box and be super careful not to turn it over. Also, the idiot seller will never wrap the item in plastic before tossing all the peanuts in, meaning I get to spend my time taking apart a $300 stereo and picking all the broken little pieces out of the inside.

I hate packing peanuts with a passion.

View Poll Results: What do you think about "packing peanuts" used in shipments?
Love them!	1	4.55%
Indifferent...	4	18.18%
Hate them!	17	77.27%
Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll

2010-04-01, 10:10 AM	#1
knucklesplitter EJ205 Real Name: Matt Taylor Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cousin-Fck, Carolina Posts: 1,474 Wish in one hand and sht in the other...	Poll: packing peanuts Packing peanuts lessen the quality of my day. I will no longer use them, even recycled ones somebody else sent me.

2010-04-01, 10:14 AM	#2
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	Their only redeeming value is that some of them can pop if you squish them just right. But doing it makes a static-clingy mess just that much messier. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?

2010-04-01, 11:35 AM	#6
100_Percent_Juice (40 percent vodka) Real Name: Joel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,446 Car: 2004WRX Class: Baby-Hauler/GroceryGetter	Just use toilet paper and old magazines. __________________ "A power nap is when you sleep on someone who is weaker than you." - Dimitri Martin

2010-04-01, 12:27 PM	#9
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	As a former shipping/packing monkey... these thing suck. __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2010-04-01, 10:20 AM	#3
knucklesplitter EJ205 Real Name: Matt Taylor Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cousin-Fck, Carolina Posts: 1,474 Wish in one hand and sht in the other...	IMO their redeeming value is the ultra-cheapness and re-usability on outgoing packages. They do the job well enough.

2010-04-01, 10:57 AM	#4
k-dogg39 Little Slugger Real Name: Kevin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Lake Tahoe, NV Posts: 777 Car: 05 WRB STI Wagon/00 BRP GC Sedan Class: 39 TSM I'm not crazy, I'm just passionate!	I was just moving some stuff around my garage last night and knocked over an old box with those in there that went everywhere. That reminded me how much I hate those things!

2010-04-01, 11:12 AM	#5
bluestreak EJ22 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NW Reno Posts: 111 Car: 2003 WRX Sedan - Blue	I received two shipments of equipment for my lab at work last week FULL of those damn peanuts. They got everywhere; I had to spend a good amount of time vacuuming them up. Down with packing peanuts!!!!!!!!!!

2010-04-01, 11:37 AM	#7
bigrobwoot EJ251 Real Name: Rob Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Reno Posts: 679 Car: 2019 CBS WRX Premium Class: Middle Shoot for the moon, because even if you miss, you'll still be among the stars	The only ones I wouldn't mind are the ones that my high school chemistry teacher showed the class once. When you mixed them with water, they dissolved. I think they were made out of some sort of grain product, so they were completely biodegradable and fine to rinse down the sink, once they were dissolved. Being packing peanuts, they would still be annoying, but at least they wouldn't fill up landfills as much.

2010-04-01, 12:47 PM	#10
A1337STI EJ205 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 1,840 Car: Impreza and an Impreza Class: AS / CRS PerfStock "pedal on the right"	Its nice to just dump them in when you are shipping something, esp if you hate the person you are shipping an item to. also you can pack them under someones seats you don't like and when they open their windows ..... muahahaha __________________ Fighting uphill battles, one bullet at a time!

2010-04-01, 01:51 PM	#11
100_Percent_Juice (40 percent vodka) Real Name: Joel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,446 Car: 2004WRX Class: Baby-Hauler/GroceryGetter	I like the snow globe idea. Thanks Alex __________________ "A power nap is when you sleep on someone who is weaker than you." - Dimitri Martin

2010-04-01, 02:06 PM	#12
knucklesplitter EJ205 Real Name: Matt Taylor Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cousin-Fck, Carolina Posts: 1,474 Wish in one hand and sht in the other...	Email to one of my suppliers today: " Got it. Thanks. But just know that there is a special place in hell reserved for people who ship with packing peanuts. "

2010-04-01, 02:43 PM	#13
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	We switched over to the little air bag thingys at my work. __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo.

2010-04-01, 03:00 PM	#14
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	I use/recycle them, but put them in used/recycled tied off plastic grocery bags. They can be molded around anything, but do not become an aggravation. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2010-04-01, 03:05 PM	#16
MattR El Matador Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 10,660 Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma Class: ?	With all the shipping and warehousing brass on this board, I assume one of us could hook you up with a solution... __________________ "Dallas..We have a problem.”

2010-04-01, 03:38 PM	#17
Kevin M EJ22T Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Reno Posts: 9,445 Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red Class: 19 FP	That 2-part chemical foam stuff is awesome. Nice wow-factor when people open their packages. IBTWSS __________________ FWD is the new AWD

2010-04-01, 05:17 PM	#21
knucklesplitter EJ205 Real Name: Matt Taylor Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cousin-Fck, Carolina Posts: 1,474 Wish in one hand and sht in the other...	'Twas meant to be ironic...

2010-04-01, 05:26 PM	#22
knucklesplitter EJ205 Real Name: Matt Taylor Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cousin-Fck, Carolina Posts: 1,474 Wish in one hand and sht in the other...	Seriously, I have never bought a packing peanut before - not even one, but I can't throw them away. Kinda a cross between Senor Cheap Bastard and a Senor Tree Hugger. So I usually pass on the love to somebody else in the shipping chain. I might try stuffing them in plastic bags for filling voids, but I anticipate regretting it. Sounds like a good job for pseudo-slave child labor. "Here, Alex/Auds, stuff all these bags with packing peanuts until there are no peanuts left. Oh, and be sure to clean up the mess before you are done."

2010-04-01, 06:31 PM	#23
GusGus91 EJ205 Real Name: Austin Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Reno, NV Posts: 1,406 Car: 2006 WRB WRX TR, 2008 LR STI Class: Too classy Dont sweat the petty... Pet the sweaty.	Who voted "love them!"?! anyway..... Whenever I receive a package with them, I try and pull the item out of the box without any of them spilling out of the box.. It hasn't worked yet. The little white bastards always seem to make a mess that I don't feel like dealing with. They all need to burn in hell. __________________ "Like" me on facebook!http://www.facebook.com/pages/AP-Cre...2196449?v=wall _______________ 06 WRX w/ 6MT UNDER CONSTRUCTION 09 chicane yellow 370z

2010-04-01, 08:07 PM	#24
van SECCS Brewmeister Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: on the edge of a marsh Posts: 1,451	I hate packing peanuts...or as my grandma called them "ghost farts". they end up everywhere in your house and on your clothes for weeks, kind of like hooking up with a chick who's wearing glitter.

2010-04-01, 11:50 PM	#25
khail19 EJ205 Real Name: Khail Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 1,769 Car: 2016 VW GTI Meets? We have meets?	What I really love is when some idiot eBay seller ships me a car stereo, amp or subwoofer in a huge box half filled with styrofoam peanuts. I guess they think the shipper will know or care what's in the box and be super careful not to turn it over. Also, the idiot seller will never wrap the item in plastic before tossing all the peanuts in, meaning I get to spend my time taking apart a $300 stereo and picking all the broken little pieces out of the inside. I hate packing peanuts with a passion.

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