Amazon- Ever Receive an Item Shipped in a Clear Poly Bag?

Yes. A shirt I ordered from Amazon. Came in one of those printed "ziplock" bags with the logo of the company that made the shirt and a shipping label stuck on the outside. It was weird to just find my shirt out in the open on my front porch. I suppose it's part of some commitment to reducing packing materials?

A couple of weeks ago, I ordered the Revlon Hair Styler brush that a pea recommended. From Amazon. Great price. It arrived in just the red box it came in. With a printing label directly on the product box.

Same situation here ... I ordered a set of embroidery hoops for my sewing machine and they came today in the manufacturer's box w/ a shipping label on one side.

I guess the amazon delivery person will now know I have them ... Wonder what else they will see being delivered! <chuckle>

i never have but i'm glad Amazon has started using the recyclable paper bags.  i finally started getting stuff in those and not the blue and white poly bags.

Not yet the last few things have been in the brown recyclable mailers. I hope they aren't going to do too much of the clear bag thing as that seems really easy to spoil a surprise same with not putting something in a a box. I know on some things they do that but not usually little things. They used to tell you it would come in original box and ask if it would be a gift and you could check it and then it would be placed in another box. No idea if that is still an option. Thank goodness my large Lego set I ordered for my son came in a box as he is usually the one that brings them in the house. I am all for saving packaging but at the same time don't want to tempt mail thieves or spoil a surprise.

Are the things arriving in clear plastic bags being shipped through companies like UPS or USPS? Or are they coming in a blue Amazon Delivery truck?

If they are being delivered via Amazon, they are coming from a warehouse with no actual shipping, just delivery.

I’ve had clear plastic bagged items, along with labels slapped on a retail boxes - typically bulk pasta, dog pads, paper towels, etc. - but they all come on an Amazon truck from the local warehouse.

I’m fine with it. Less packaging waste.

I ordered a Lego set for my DH for Christmas and it was not in another box. Just shipping label directly on the Lego box. Thankfully I got home before he did, and before anyone saw a $150 Lego set on my porch. 😬

Tuesday a package arrived. I wish I had taken a photo of the outside. It was wrapped in a heavy layer of tape.
It had a sticker that said, "Return to sender" but the sender could not be identified as the label had been
damaged/was wet. A larger notice from the Post Office said, "We are sorry we damaged things in progress
and hope it is all OK." (More verbage and written more professionally) Our mailman told DH that we could reject it and they would
try to find out who the shipper was. If we opened it, we owned it. I knew what it was supposed to be, so accepted it

The box itself looked like it started out as a rectangle, but now was a wedge shape on one end.
There was so much tape that a person could not tell that under all the tape the box was still damp.

It was supposed to contain 2 bottles of a liquid anti acid (Gaveson) that the PA has suggested I try to control
my acid reflux. I ordered it from the UK because the product sold in the UK has twice as much of the
active ingredient than what is sold in the US. (Two previous shipments arrived with so much bubble wrap
around it--it was impressive. The first shipment, had heavy duty bubble wrap configured like a tube and the
bottles were in their own tube of wrap.)

When we opened this one, the package was damp and there were
3 small pieces of the broken bottle--no more pieces of the broken bottle. Also in a plastic bag (with the big
apology message from the post office) was a woven basket lid. In another plastic bag (with apology message)
was a bolero made out of the material that athletic garments often use (the kind for coolness and sweating).
The remaining intact bottle of Gaveson was heavily covered with the liquid from the broken bottle. I could not
tell if the Gaveson had been heavily wrapped originally (I think not, since the bottle broke and there was no
evidence of heavy bubble wrapping). It had no bubble wrap at this point.

So, somewhere along the way, the bottle broke and created a mess and some employee must have just
randomly taken some packages and combined them. Somewhere out there a person is left with no
bolero and no lid for their basket.

By the way, I had decided I was not going to purchase any more as liquid Gaveson is not as effective as the
pills I have taken (and am going back to). I am not impressed with its effectiveness.

I had several items delivered in just a clear plastic bag last Christmas; they were all clothing items. I often get small appliances with no outer box, just a shipping label on the product box.

Got my first one yesterday--a clear bag. I absolutely do not like that! Just a label stuck on a clear bag. You could totally see what I purchased. What if it was a Christmas gift? I really, really do not like it for many reasons.

Couldn't they use a plain brown shopping bag? Those are recyclable and you can see through them. That at least is better than a see through package. Shoot even for a small iPhone case you could use a little brown lunch bag!

Last year I got a Keurig shipped in it's own box for my son. He got the package and I quickly said that his sister (she lives at a different address) ordered it and she must have used my account. He bought it and never thought twice about it. Now I try to remember to always check to see if I can use the option to put in another box.

Yup, I received those amazing leggings that were $13.99.  They're incredible.  They arrived in a clear plastic bag with the sticker affixed.  I thought it was strange too!

Especially with items being bagged anyway.  If you're putting an item into a clear bag, then why not simply use an opaque bag instead?  

This would be especially unfortunate in that not only is a poor customer service issue, but it also negates any savings on packaging if they decrease waste in packaging only to increase waste in damaged products.