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Inside Newegg NJ: A New Warehouse and Another Contest

 by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 20, 2008 12:00 PM EST
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The Peanut Gun

If you're going to have an automated box maker, you absolutely need to also have a packaging peanut delivery system to go along with it. When you enter the warehouse on the far right you'll see two large vats:


The peanut vats are to the left

In these two massive vats are about a tractor trailer's worth of packaging peanuts. They are piped to the packing area using metal ducting that you see in the picture above. The peanuts are sent to mini-vats in the actual packing area and from there they are sent to the peanut guns:

As the order is completed, the tote is sent to the label station where each item is scanned individually and a label is generated to make sure what you ordered is what goes in the box.


The label station


Label printed

The peanut guns dispense packaging peanuts into boxes as they are readied for shipping:

If the Newegg staffer filling the box gets a little too excited and shoots peanuts everywhere, never fear: the system is self-recycling.

Any peanuts that miss their target get sucked back into the system, minimizing waste and maximizing peanut-fun. Newegg insists that packaging peanuts are still the most economical form of packaging, although within the next few years we may see some more eco-friendly solutions arise.


Delicate items are individually wrapped in bubblewrap


Newegg has a bit of bubblewrap on hand


Some things must be done by hand

Once full of peanuts, the box is pushed through the automatic taping machine and sent off to shipping:

The Box Maker Off to See the Wizard
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  • Darkk - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link

    For those who are cringing about bubble wrap and peanuts for OEM hard drives. Well, when I ordered a hard drive a few months ago the drive was shipped from the CA warehouse and they didn't use either packaging at all. Instead, they used special "wadded" heavy duty paper wrapping which is very sturdy and it arrived perfectly intact. Not sure why they didn't do this at all warehouses but it was perfect for the drives. Also very friendly to the environment.

    I've ordered alot of items from NewEgg over the years and most of them usually come from NJ or CA warehouse since I live in northern CA.

    Darkk

  • puffpio - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link

    you wouldn't happen to have a picture of the boxing machine? that thing looks like it boxes super fast

  • puffpio - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link

    err picture = video

  • MScrip - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link

    I love your warehouse... but 2 things made me cringe in those pictures; the bubble wrap and the peanuts. I'm speaking of course about the way you ship OEM hard drives.

    Newegg! You're a BILLION dollar company! Please invest in some foam or plastic hard drive carriers! It makes me sick to order an OEM hard drive and have it taped up in bubble wrap and thrown in a box with some peanuts. That's ridiculous.

    I buy everything from you, but I am so unhappy with your hard drive shipping policies.

  • strikeback03 - Thursday, May 22, 2008 - link

    Why? Every hard drive I have bought from them has had a anti-static bag or plastic case from the manufacturer, the bubblewrap is just around that. Don't see any risk there, so long as you don't open the hard drive and drop it in the peanuts.

  • m3rdpwr - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link

    I did not know about the NJ depot.

    Usually I get my order in 3 days being in Mass.

    My order last week arrived next day.

    This would explain it!

    -Mario

  • laixer - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link

    I'm in NY and most of the stuff I have been ordering has come from NJ for a long time.

    I'm really disappointed that the contest is not open to New York residents.

  • H8ff0000 - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link

    Same here, on both statements...

    Newegg is awesome, this contest is not. I'm curious why we are shun from the giveaway.

  • AmbroseAthan - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link

    We are shunned from all NewEgg contests :(. Any give-away contests at NewEgg have always had New York exempted. Must be something in the state laws :-/.

  • Polynikes - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - link

    Another of many strikes against NY. I'm getting the hell out of this shitty state as soon as I graduate from RIT.
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