15 Comments

Great Idea .. Great Thought .... Helps the nature to be protected ... thanks of a such a wonderful way to send items in eBay ...
mark
2010-09-10 10:49:00

Lovely idea.

Let's hope they don't get into the hands of the "non-payers" and "faulty goods sellers".
Joel
2010-09-10 10:56:57

Beautiful Design. Nice to see a company thinking out of the box.
Michael
2010-09-10 12:05:09

This is spot on!

It answers a real need, but with a little extra thought it also enhances the feeling of being part of a community. Something I'm not sure Ebay have really understood the importance of in the past.

Well done whoever worked on that one, I take my virtual hat off to you.
Gavin Martin
2010-09-10 12:08:19

Nice - hope they give them away for free?
bluepigcreative
2010-09-10 12:14:31

Love it. Effective printing on packaging is worth every penny.
Pickle Design
2010-09-10 12:33:20

Such a great idea and I really like the design. This is something that has been needed for a while and can't wait till they are rolled out. I might have to sign up or buy something off ebay just to get one.
Oliver Bristol
2010-09-10 15:53:52

Its a beautiful idea - I want one too. A bit like retail geocaching. I hope the idea will be taken up by other organisations.
Gaynor
2010-09-11 12:02:05

love the idea! good way to continue to communicate the brand...
olivia k
2010-09-13 11:40:44

Yeah save the trees man
Graphic Design Manchester
2010-09-13 16:51:42

Ebay was smart to launch this eco-packaging pilot program right after the NYtimes ran an article about people's frustration with excess packaging. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/technology/08packaging.html

Hopefully, ideas like this will put an end to "wrap rage."

Well done Office + Ebay.
Katherine Bucar
2010-09-13 17:31:53

Whilst I like the design(especially the message history), no one seems to have questioned the green aspect of things. From the things I buy online, I get more than enough boxes through the post already that can be reused(most of these end up in the recycling). Is this really an issue for the majority of people who sell things every now and again?

It reminds me of the fabric bags that came out a few years back that we designers loved as they were perfect for all sorts of messages. The idea was people would reuse the fabric bags instead of using ordinary plastic supermarket carrier bags. The problem comes when the amount of fabric bags being made are more than there are people to use them ie when there's about 20 bags to every person in the uk + they take more energy to produce.

Its nice that ebay are thinking of new ideas, but is this not just adding 100,000+ more boxes(colour printed) into the world that most people could do without. If you are in desperate need of a box, you can just go to your local post office...
DaveB
2010-09-13 19:02:08

cool box
pyatki
2010-09-14 08:14:32

Great action to save our world ... A good example and better to followed by all .

" REDUCE - REUSE - RECYCLE" to save our world please ...
jamesh
2010-09-14 10:51:18

Its good to see such large brands as eBay starting to set some new standards. Unfortunately, it seems to be the way of the world where only the big players receive the recognition. There could have been smaller companies doing something similar that we don't know about....it all works in favour of eBay - eco-packaging = point to eBay. In saying that, if other businesses copy, in this case, it can only be a good thing.
Bella
2010-09-15 13:07:30

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