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  • Amazon Packaging: Lack Thereof, Redux

    Fortunately, it’s hard to damage an aluminum-body “tactical” flashlight:

    J5-V2 Flashlight - Amazon packaging
    J5-V2 Flashlight – Amazon packaging

    A keyboard and cylindrical cell charger arrived intact, with absolutely no credit due to Amazon’s careful packaging:

    Keyboard and charger - Amazon packaging
    Keyboard and charger – Amazon packaging

    Sometimes, a box does arrive with a token scrap of padding dropped inside, but, as nearly as I can tell, it’s cheaper for Amazon to replace the occasional damaged item than to waste time and material stuffing the boxes with air pillows, eco-foam peanuts, or, heaven forfend, space-filling foam.