Styrofoam peanuts

Do packing peanuts have brains?:):):).

What makes them jump on you?
 
Is it possible for AG to use the recyclable (is that spelled right?) p-nuts? I think they are made from wheat by-products. Cost could be a big factor though.

Just thinkin' out loud...

Bill
 
BillE said:
Is it possible for AG to use the recyclable (is that spelled right?) p-nuts? I think they are made from wheat by-products. Cost could be a big factor though.

Just thinkin' out loud...

Bill
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Are you referring to the ones that you run water on and they disappear? Starch based peanuts.
 
It is a little known fact that the state of Florida actually pays shippers to use the styrofoam peanuts for packing out of state orders. The amount of the payment is dependent on the level of static charge infused into the peanuts. This loose static plays havoc with all the electrically powered heart monitors and other similar devices so prominent in Florida. These payments can add quite a bit to a company's bottom line in the current economy. One only has to look to all the companies that have gone out of business recently because they refused to use the statically charged peanuts for out of state shipping.

It's got to be true! I saw it on the internet.
 
I would like to see AG switch to the water soluble peanuts! Most other retailers are using them now and it's so much nicer to be able to just dump them in the sink vs. ending up in the trash.
 
pogo said:
hi
is there any way you can use something else to pack your products when shipping/? These styrofoam peanuts are just really frustrating. Try to remove the products and they spill out of the box and all over the place. Its wintertime and dry air so the static charge makes them cling to everything.
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Please. very very frustrating. I know its probably cheapest way to pack but cant you find something else to pack them? Even newspaper would be fine.
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I haven't read through this entire thread so I apologize if I am repeating someone else's reply but I just type "Please use paper packing material" into the comments box while checking out and they do every time I type it there.
 
Good to know I'm not alone in feeling this way - will try out the request for paper on all future orders!
 
i honestly dont care about the peanuts as i have weekly trash pickup so i just use the shopvac to suck em out of the box or scoop out the peanuts into another box, remove products then dump into my trash bin. that being said i really wish ag would use up remaining inventory of peanuts and switch to a more"green" option full time either the air bags or the paper, i would EASILY pay 1$ more on an order to have airbags vs peanuts as they are more green and can be recycled. might be a good option to look into AG as the 1$ should ofset the price of the airbags...of course start up costs of the airbags are not the cheapest but might be cheaper then the peanuts in the long run.
 
Jumbosrule said:
Good to know I'm not alone in feeling this way - will try out the request for paper on all future orders!
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Just got my order today! No peanuts, but paper...and I didn't request it. Maybe it's matter of what's in the box? Just order more stuff, then you won't need anything to fill up the space :D
 
you order more stuff you just get a bigger box! or another box! LOL then you're in the same dilemma!
 
Not sure if I am giving AG too much credit here but after posting in this thread, my next order came without peanuts - and I never changed any preferences online.

THAT is service!

Unless, of course... AG just ran out of packing peanuts and everybody is getting paper?

Either way - I noticed, thanks!
 
Jumbosrule said:
Not sure if I am giving AG too much credit here but after posting in this thread, my next order came without peanuts - and I never changed any preferences online.

Either way - I noticed, thanks!
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They're reading your mind and using subliminal messaging!!! :eek:
 
mark58 said:
Are you referring to the ones that you run water on and they disappear? Starch based peanuts.
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Whatever you guys do... do not eat them! My old manager and I ate a few handfuls after we took a shipment in that contained them. Our stomachs hurt for the rest of the night and he caught a whole bunch of crap from his wife as to how stupid we were for doing it. That being said, they are not at all that bad tasting. They taste like a natural-foods spin on cheetos. Im the MAN
 
Just use your shop vac and suckem all out that's what I normally do lol

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The peanuts always spill on me too, but when all things are considered, I'm grateful that AG goes through the trouble and effort to try to make the products they ship arrive undamaged and intact. I don't think they do it to try to irritate people. I've received products from other vendors that arrived in bad shape from being inadequately packaged and being damaged from the banging they go through in the shipping process, so for me I can deal with peanuts instead of having to go through the hassle of returning a damaged item. Another thing I use 'em for is to stuff a bean bag I lay on when I watch TV.
 
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