I just learned something new about ordering from amazon.com

[Anonymous]

I haven't ordered anything from amazon.com for awhile. A few weeks ago I ordered a toaster. Kitchen Aid is offering a $ 10 rebate and requires, among other things, a copy of the packing slip because this shows the date of the purchase.

I looked everywhere in the shipping box for the packing slip. The only thing I could find anywhere was the shipping label on the side of the box. Ordinarily, who saves shipping labels except for certain special situations ? Usually people can go ahead and throw out the entire shipping box right away.

It's a good thing that this time I saved the shipping shipping box because I finally saw today, in small print in a corner of the shipping label, a warning that the packing slip is located underneath the shipping label. This is the first time I've ever encountered a company doing this.

Message Edited by MojaveMoon on 01-17-2009 12:08 PM

[Anonymous]

I order a LOT from Amazon and usually just get the packing slip in the box. 

On the other hand, I receive a lot of non-Amazon packages that do, indeed, have the packing slip under the shipping label.  Normally it looks like a 'puffy' shipping label, but it's there. 

[Anonymous]

Thank you, good to know . I didn't know others did this, too.

[Anonymous]

You're welcome!

I'm a packing slip hound b/c I'm usually receiving packages at school that I either intend to get reimbursement for, or that have to be matched with a PO for accounting purposes.

You've also got my interest piqued about Amazon, tho.  I'll definitely start watching the outside of those packages!

[MattH]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I order a LOT from Amazon and usually just get the packing slip in the box. 

On the other hand, I receive a lot of non-Amazon packages that do, indeed, have the packing slip under the shipping label.  Normally it looks like a 'puffy' shipping label, but it's there. 

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Stuff that comes directly from Amazon to me always has the packing slip loose in the box (as did a package that arrived just yesterday).  However, many items that I order from the Amazon website are actually sent by one of those third-party outfits who sell through the Amazon site and some of them do put the packing slip under the shipping label.  The original poster mentioned a toaster; in my experience most small appliances I have ordered from the Amazon website were shipped by third-party sellers rather than directly by Amazon themselves.

Message Edited by MattH on 01-17-2009 04:21 PM