6900xt Did anyone else's $1000 GPU arrive in this state?

[Schmo]

I haven't had an AMD card for nearly 10 years. I recently bought the 6800 XT, which I later gave to my best mate. It came in the usual retail boxing and dense foam packaging. 

I ordered the 6900 XT (ASUS reference) and mine came in a plastic postage bag with one layer of bubble wrap, and inside the box, the GPU was held in place with shrink wrap. 

I've never seen a GPU boxed this way. How on earth can someone store it or sell it on after removing it for the first time?

 

I feel like this might be an OEM box, as I can't see how this could be sold on after use...

[Guest]

Yes.

My $1300 card came that way from EVGA.

It was.... fine.

[Arrogath]

the reference 5700xt cards were shipped the same way, the packaging is actually pretty clever and limits the amount of plastic

[Schmo]

I'm not doubting the state of the card, I'm just curious how the manufacturers expect you to reuse the box once the wrapping is cut to get the GPU out. I've only ever see this in Apple packaging, but this was packing the retail box inside a shipping box, where it was shrink wrapped in place. Not inside the retail box itself. It seems so daft. 

[IkeaGnome]

I'm all for it. It's a clever way to use less and pollute less. Yeah, the box is a little harder to reuse, but the pros vs cons.

[Schmo]

I guess I was expecting packaging like this; 

I guess this is only if you get it from AMD direct and not a partner reference card. ho-hum. 

[Arrogath]

49 minutes ago, Schmo said:

I'm not doubting the state of the card, I'm just curious how the manufacturers expect you to reuse the box once the wrapping is cut to get the GPU out.

If this is the same as the 5700xt packaging you should be able to release the tension in the plastic wrap by unfolding some parts, slips right out.

[Mark Kaine]

1 hour ago, Arrogath said:

the packaging is actually pretty clever and limits the amount of plastic

*and resell value... 

 

from the looks of it this really isn't ok, you can package something securely without using any "plastic" at all with some clever use of cardboard, this just looks like indeed the cheapest possible solution they could go for...