I was standing in line at the office supply store the other day to get a few color copies made when out of boredom, I glanced over at a nearby shelf and noticed a 5 foot section of puffed air encased in plastic for sale.
E I G H T D O L L A R S !!!
I couldn’t believe it. I mean sure, they’ve go to charge something, I get that, but eight dollars? Are you kidding me? Either I’m getting really old and loosing my grip on the fair market value of needless products… or someone is seriously getting taken to the cleaners here.
E I G H T D O L L A R S !!!
So curious minds want to know… How much would you pay for a 5 foot section of puffed air encased in plastic? Who knows, maybe I’m the crazy one.
~Mavis
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Dawn says
I must be old too. I would not buy it at all. I get plenty of plastic filled with air and other packing material in with stuff I order online. For such a small piece, I feel like people could recycle something to use.
Gerri says
I must be old and crazy because I still make fresh popcorn to fillin the box.
$8 buys alot of popcorn kernals!
Eileen says
WOW, I have never heard of doing this! Love it!
Robin says
I wouldn’t buy it. I’d just order something else I need from Amazon and get free packing material. 🙂 There’s puffed air and bubble wrap from Amazon boxes in our storage room.
Jennifer says
I would not do this. I would go find old newspapers or used half filled balloons before I would do this. A bag of balloons is only $1 at the Dollar store. Most of the time crumpled up paper will work just as well.
Michelle O. says
I would pay nothing for that product because I would refuse to buy it based on principle. Plastic covered air – sheesh! I have a really hard time shopping these days (in store and online) – the amount of useless products makes me sad. I realize that “useless” is somewhat subjective but in all seriousness – who is buying plastic covered air for $8? I think of the resources, time and energy that went into that item – gah!
Sara says
It’s not a product targeting someone like you. Businesses will buy it for more expensive one-off shipments. $8 when shipping a $200 item is meaningless to them where there is a deadline to meet.
wendyinca says
absolutely! It’s targeting businesses, not consumers. Money is no object to a business trying to meet a deadline.
Barb says
I would never on earth do this. If I didnt have saved packaging from Amazon I’d use newspapers, fabric or whatever.
Jennifer Bouknight says
Not a chance. In fact, when I packaged up dd’s china – bought by her grandparents when she was a baby – I used old washcloths and towels to wrap it in. Note: We didn’t ship it, but did drive over 500 miles with it in the trunk. Nothing broken. Now, who else would have the urge to like a hole in one of those sections?
Christy L says
I get my air packs and packing peanuts via freecycle. I do some ebay selling and need lightweight box filler and I don’t want to pay for it in order to keep my profit margin higher. I usually have no problem finding people who will give away their packing material. They don’t want to put it in the landfill and I don’t want to pay for it. Win-Win!
Deborah McGeary says
That is a ridiculous price. I work at a department store that talks a lot about recycling etc, (and they do recycle cardboard) but honestly, it makes me sick all the usable stuff that gets thrown away. When I ask if we could donate it to a charity I’m told that they are supposed to throw it away! Anyway, I sell a bit of stuff online, so when there is bubblewrap in the trash, I take it home, sometimes, boxes, plastic bags. Only things that are “trash”. As far as buying bubble, I have found huge rolls of new at yard sales, for a few dollars. I have also bought it online, ebay for
2 giant rolls for under $20. In a store I have seen the same amount for 1 roll. The rolls lasted me probably 4 or 5 years, and they were also useful when my daughter moved after college-
Katherine says
I would not do it simply because it is bad for the environment.
Linda says
I would not buy it because I never ship items of high value. If I needed to ship a large, antique, fragile vase I might. Although, now that it has been suggested I think I’d try our local Freecycle first.
Debi says
I get mine from work packages, in fact, all of my packaging material comes from work. I save it for my ebay sales.
Pj says
You are right… ridiculous price. I wouldn’t buy it at any price. We have a whole box of them from packages we’ve received, so I’d recycle through reuse.
Sue says
A friend of mine has an online business selling books. Whenever I get bubble wrap in a shipment I give it to her to re-use.
However, while she loves getting bubblewrap from me, she declines “packing pillows” like those in your photo. I think there’s just too much risk — if one pops or deflates, it frees up too much space and the corners of her book could be damaged. As opposed to a little bubble deflating in bubblewrap, which wouldn’t make enough room for anything to bounce around inside its package.
Ida says
$8 or not – the only thing that I would do with that product is to make a complaint to management. Our planet is suffering and this is what someone finds appropriate to put on the shelf? Shame on them!
Susan says
My pun for the day. Some people have more dollars than cents.
Lolly says
I get mine free….from amazon orders! 🙂
Terena says
No, Mavis, you’re not crazy. Crazy is whoever would buy this.