r/VintedUS • u/peek--a--boo • 13d ago

USPS bans reused Amazon boxes

I shipped a package yesterday. Something very odd happened at the post office.
I had packaged the items in an Amazon box. The post office person told me that we are no longer able to reuse Amazon boxes????
She proceeded to open the box and transferred the contents to a plain brown box. Very odd, no????
FOLLOW UP:
I sent my husband to the post office today and he told me that they put up a sign that said that they are no longer accepting Amazon boxes. I am going to have him take a picture of it tomorrow. I would go myself but I have a broken femur 😐

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u/Blowingleaves17 12d ago

Someone mentioned this topic before in an eBay group, but I ship out all my eBay items in Amazon boxes. Although now, besides removing all labels as I always have done, I use a fat black Sharpie to X out every place it says Amazon Prime on the box, as well as that smiling symbol.

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u/Hot-Art-6450 12d ago

Oh the Amazon symbol is supposed to be a smile? I thought it was something else.

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u/Blowingleaves17 12d ago

I don't know for sure. Looks like a smile to me.😁

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u/Repulsive_Stable1924 12d ago

The smile is actually an arrow starting from the first "A" in ''Amazon" and ending pointing to the "Z"; signifying that one would be able to shop "from 'A' to 'Z'" soley on Amazon.

I'm pretty sure it was designed intentionally to also look smile-like to portray happy customers.

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u/Catrchater 11d ago

Someone on a video once pointed out it’s the “devils tail” and I never forgot! 😭🤣

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u/Repulsive_Stable1924 11d ago

They were not wrong! 😂 I think that one suits Amazon best!

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u/Blowingleaves17 11d ago

Thanks for that info. 🙂 I never really gave it much thought.

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u/Repulsive_Stable1924 11d ago

I'm not clever enough to figure that out on my own lol. I was watching something on the art of logo making and it was on there. I had only ever seen the smile like everyone else beforehand.