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fenwick67 on Nov 15, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon’s quest for more, cheaper products has resu...

I think the poster may have meant "a waste of a good book" not "a waste of money".

It's like how throwing produce away at the grocery store is "a waste" but the system is cost-effective.

LordDragonfang on Nov 15, 2019 [–]

The environmental impact of extra plastic packaging is much greater than the impact of compostable produce.

And anyway, if Amazon has to ship extra books, they pay the publisher an extra time, and you can always donate the damaged book as well.

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