I bought a 2GB WD Passport from Amazon. They threw it in a oversized mailer with thin bubble-wrap and no extra stuffing. The envelope is all beat-up and torn. I found a lot of other Amazon HDD horror stories online. Alas a Passport can take a bit more of a beating. The price was good($65 on sale). That said, I'm not sure I want to trust this. Would this be reliable (I'm not sure of the original packing having left in in envelope. Maybe its good packing... ) ? In any case I wont be buying anymore drives from Amazon
"Amazon's frustration-free packaging is anything but for hard drives"
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/amazons-frustration-free-packaging-is-anything-but-for-hard-dri/
"Amazon's Packaging Is a Serial HDD Killer"
http://gizmodo.com/5505641/amazons-packaging-is-a-serial-hdd-killer
"Why you might not want to buy a hard drive from Amazon"
http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-you-might-not-want-to-buy-a-hard-drive-from-amazon/
"Amazon's frustration-free packaging is anything but for hard drives"
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/amazons-frustration-free-packaging-is-anything-but-for-hard-dri/
"Amazon's Packaging Is a Serial HDD Killer"
http://gizmodo.com/5505641/amazons-packaging-is-a-serial-hdd-killer
"Why you might not want to buy a hard drive from Amazon"
http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-you-might-not-want-to-buy-a-hard-drive-from-amazon/