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Some Amazon customers in Orlando got a surprise when they opened the package that arrived on their doorstep. They ordered plastic storage bins, but the bins came with 65 pounds of marijuana.
"We love Amazon and do a lot of shopping on Amazon," said the customer, who asked not to be identified for safety reasons.
When she and her fiancé needed to put some things in storage, they placed an order for 27 gallon storage totes. But when the packages arrived, they knew something didn't feel right. "They were extremely heavy, heavier than you would think from ordering four empty bins," she said.
[...] Police seized the drugs and launched an investigation.
It had been shipped by Amazon's Warehouse Deals via UPS from a facility in Massachusetts.
[...] Orlando police said there have been no arrests, but they are still actively investigating the case.
Amazon sent a statement saying its customer service team worked directly with the customer to address concerns and will work with law enforcement to investigate the case.
I guess getting accidentally sent over half a million bucks worth of weed is when you find out if you're really serious about your anti-drugs stance.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by edIII on Friday October 27 2017, @07:11PM (2 children)
Well, when the government makes a popular activity illegal for weak ass reasons, you gotta do what you gotta do. That's the price of the War on Drugs. What do you expect us "hippies" to do? Stop smoking and be willing to go to jail for environmentally friendly shipping? Fuck that....
The wallpaper is pretty much wasted, but put in recycling :) As for the storage bags, you can clean and reuse those yourself. Just cut the top of the bag very carefully and the machines can reseal it again, no problem. That's about the best we can do.
For that matter, I don't think it's all that much more waste going on than everyone's addiction to Amazon, and what that generates. I know some hippies that get Amazon delivered almost every day. That's objectively worse in so many categories.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Friday October 27 2017, @09:16PM
In silver-lining news support for legalization is up to 64%. [fortune.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 28 2017, @02:24AM
If hippies can't/wont change their habits/lifestyle to save the environment, I don't see how they can expect others to.