SanMar also confirmed, it's only the Virginia warehouse. 

This is the dumbest idea, they must have done no market research with us printers to see how we'd react.  The labor time they are saving by using these boxes is transferred to us.  Our check-in labor time will increase, as will our costs if we're now forced to re-box every order from SanMar.  If we do reuse the boxes, now we're adding seconds to each box that is a struggle to open at the end of the dryer, and then passing these boxes to our clients - am I supposed to send this video to our customers when they're confused?  Massive fail all around.

Anyone have a list of which warehouses are automated so I can avoid them?

I've heard its the Virginia Warehouse

I use the hotronix IQ. It may be the one you are talking about with the heated base. I LOVE it. We use if for dtf, leather and sublimation patches. It may be overkill but it works!

what could possibly go wrong?... We humans are eating ourselves alive, all in the name of progress... or whatever

I'd rather eat other people than bugs.

Probably shouldn't say that outloud

Only engineers can overcomplicate a BOX....what's the logic here, I can not find the angle.. Less waste? Reusable? NO TAPE.....?

That warehouse is all automated. They didn't do it for our ease of use.