HP selling laptops in messenger bags, sans box
Wed Sep 3, 2008 1:51PM EDT
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Why didn't someone think of this before? Instead of packaging laptops in cardboard, styrofoam, and plastic, HP is selling its new Pavilion dv6929 notebook in nothing more than a padded messenger bag. The switch is said to do away with 97 percent of its conventional packaging. The bag itself is also made of 100 percent recycled materials.
The $798 computer is only being sold this way at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. (The plan was the result of a design challenge from Wal-Mart, which asked manufacturers to create products with less of an environmental impact; this computer won said challenge.)
Now selling one machine in a reusable bag is one thing, but extending that across its entire line of products is another. Obviously this plan would present problems for notebooks that are bought online and shipped to customers, but why can't all of HP's machines be packaged this way? Baby steps, eh?
Please join me in encouraging HP to expand this program and getting other manufacturers to experiment with similar ideas. I'm drowning in styrofoam peanuts over here.
LINK: HP Wins Walmart Design Challenge with Innovative Notebook Packaging
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2 Posted by rogueist on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:49PM EDT Report Abuse
Heh, if it was shipped by anything other than a hand carrier, it would be smashed into a billion pieces upon arrival. Also using a soft case like that, it would be extremely easy to both spot and steal. But for in-store stuff, sure it looks great on the shelf like that.
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3 Posted by pcofmind1 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:04PM EDT Report Abuse
Thank you, HP, for being a company that actually cares about the environment. Global warming, ozone depletion, melting polar ice -- seems people conveniently forget that we live in a world of finite resources and that our waste, mass consumption and half-a** conservation is killing the planet. I'd like to see more of this. The science is in and indisputable. After all, what good are profits and a booming economy if we're watching our coasts flood, record numbers of species die off (currently underway), respiratory illnesses and soaring skin cancer rates .....kind of defeats the purpose of having a nice laptop.
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4 Posted by bella77427 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:04PM EDT Report Abuse
I say...go "green" go. Yep I'm all for that effort BUT definately ONLY for the store sales. That way the good is accepted by the purchaser and liabitlity walks out the door with him. Then it's a clear case of bye-bye nice cumstomer see you next time.
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5 Posted by collarncuffsboy on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:28PM EDT Report Abuse
This looks like a great idea. I agree with matt_archbold2002 in that it save some money for the end user. This would work for online purchases, if there was some kind of "order online, pick up in store" program.
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1 Posted by matt_archbold2002 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:11PM EDT Report Abuse
Doing this in a store is one thing. Doing this for online sales would be bad. If I buy a laptop online, I want it to be as protected as possible when handing off to a carrier. I just bought a laptop from dell online and if i knew it was being shipped like that, I'd probably have second thoughts. I do think that ALL laptops sold in stores should be packaged this way (they can be crated in bulk when shipped thru the retailers trucks instead of indavidual boxes). It saves packing material and gets the end user a laptop bag that would otherwise add an extra 20-50 dollars depending on quality.