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Pony Talk => Off Topic => Topic started by: zombienixon on November 16, 2014, 07:20:59 AM
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So, yesterday, a part I ordered came in the mail. At first I thought it was for my sister, since they get a lot of packages, but then I saw that it was for me. I was a little worried at first that I had either been shipped the wrong part or ordered the wrong part, since the box was way bigger than I was expecting. Turns out there was a reason for this.
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For I while, I was wondering why they'd use such a large box for such a small part, but then I realized it was so they could fit their catalog in with my order. I guess it makes sense, but that sure is a lot of empty space.
This actually reminded me of one that was even worse than that. Last year, I had to go online to order replacement blades and foils for my shaver, since they don't carry them in store. This is something that could've fit into a tiny padded mailer. This is the box it came in.
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You could probably fit over 100 of those in that box.
So I'm wondering, have any of you ordered things that came packaged like this?
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The store I ordered from is known for their apparently dislike of trees but...geez. When I emailed to ask wtf they said they didn't have a smaller box. Yeeeah I call bull poo. They also sent me a flat keychain in a massive bubble envelope (like, larger than A4 size for a two-inch long strap).
I don't have any photos of the other one, but someone once charged me $22 to ship a figure. I got a figure from the same set (so same size and weight) shipped to me a month later for $5 because they used more appropriate packaging. And this was before USPS's price hike (alas, the first person put it in the post before consulting if I was okay with the postage cost so I had my hands tied in coughing up for that).
I do appreciate secure packaging (I'm forever frustrated at Amazon UK's terrible packaging and packing expensive items with protective packaging on one side rather than surrounding the item), but I loathe packing paper overkill as it's a pain to recycle and get rid of :mad:
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I dont have pictures lol but walmart is the worst with this! rofl
When I was setting up my sons new room, and really wanted him to have a desk and chair for homework. I had to site to store the chair... This was just a very basic rolling office chair, yet the shipping box looked like it could hold a giant flat screen tv in it. I think you could have actually fit two chairs in it.
I usually dont have such a problem with amazing, Im usually more impressed that they seem to have boxes in unlimited sizes, lol though iv never ordered anything humungous so i dunno there. its the foreign people who sell thorough amazing that I seem to have the oddest experiences lol.
I ordered a bunch of normal chopsticks, because you can only find wooden ones here and im picky, a rice paddle and a smallish bento. The order said that it would have to be split up into two parcels, So I figured the sticks and paddle were coming in a flat mailer? nope, it was a huge box, that the bento could have fit inside 3 times plus have room for lots of padding, a month later the bento arrives and a bubble mailer. -____-
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I work in a vet clinic and we get huge boxes with one small medication bottle in it xD We usually leave the boxes out for a bit so the clinic cats can play in them haha! I will second that Walmart uses huge boxes for tiny things haha!
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Novi Stars packaging. That's all.
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I don't think its been that bad for me...but I NEED 3 boxes like that walmart one for care packages im sending out. Why must it be soo hard to obtain a box? o.0
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I don't really mind when stores send me boxes that are too big - as long as the stuff inside doesn't arrive trashed because of it. I recycle the boxes when I have to ship something, so nothing's wasted.
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I dont remember who but someone sent me headphones in a box big enough for a cat to fit in. I think it was Amazon.
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I was either from Hasbro or Mattel, I can't remember which, but we ordered some little tiny thing and this huge box showed up. I was so confused. We opened it and discovered the little thing mixed in with packing peanuts. That was it. Oh and the shipping slip of course. It was insane! But I needed the box anyway so it worked out.
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Yeah I order from amazon a lot and I get that sometimes. I find it annoying but I had this thought that if the box gets thrown around a lot at least it has room to move around, instead of being tightly packed in--not sure if that's right or if it makes sense.
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I dont remember who but someone sent me headphones in a box big enough for a cat to fit in. I think it was Amazon.
This makes me giggle as one of my kitties will try to sit in a box that ear buds would fit in.
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Yeah I order from amazon a lot and I get that sometimes. I find it annoying but I had this thought that if the box gets thrown around a lot at least it has room to move around, instead of being tightly packed in--not sure if that's right or if it makes sense.
Items that are loose in their packaging are more likely to be broken by rolling around inside, than if they are kept in place during transit. Too much padding can squish some items, but bubblewrap and packing paper usually have enough give that they can cushion the contents without crushing them.
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Pretty much anything Amazon sends :P
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Disneystore is notorious for sending HUGE boxes with one small item floating in it with a bit of air pillow to cushion it. I saw someone post a photo of a small had sized stuffed toy in this giant box with nothing else. Really wasteful. Sad thing is, their boxes are also very flimsy and are more likely to get crushed when there is nothing in them but air and a bit of fluff. So you risk your tiny plush getting lost because the box squishes and pops open!
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This wasn't a box, but it was definitely the most wasteful packaging I have ever seen. I bought a very cute tin full of Jelly Belly jellybeans when I was in Japan. When I opened the tin up, each and every individual jellybean was wrapped. The cellophane wrappers did identify the flavor of each wrapped bean but still, wrapped jellybeans? :blink:
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This is not my photo, but this was exactly how I received my flash drive.
There was also nothing else in the box.
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And the SD Card for my new DS was exactly like this, minus the advertisement!
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At least I reuse the box when I sell something, but jeeze this is so overboard.
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Disney Store packaging! I ordered an ornament once and got a huge box :P I don't mind though because I save all the boxes and reuse them either around the house or for shipping things so they don't go to waste :)
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Amazon frequently will send some TINY little thing that could VERY easily have been tossed into a flat mailer (like a t-shirt or socks) into a BOX complete with air pockets!? I mean really? The shirt is going to get bruised in shipping ?
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Disneystore is notorious for sending HUGE boxes with one small item floating in it with a bit of air pillow to cushion it. I saw someone post a photo of a small had sized stuffed toy in this giant box with nothing else. Really wasteful. Sad thing is, their boxes are also very flimsy and are more likely to get crushed when there is nothing in them but air and a bit of fluff. So you risk your tiny plush getting lost because the box squishes and pops open!
I second this!!!!! They seriously send HUGE boxes for little items! I bought an Elsa Classic doll and the box was seriously gianormous with toooo much bubble wrap! O____o Like is wombo size the only box they have!??
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I agree with the Disneystore!! I once bought a few medium plushies, baby clothes and a couple of adult sized t-shirts and the posted in a huge box. The problem was that I got it sent to a forwarding company thinking it might be cheaper than using Disney's international postage - it wasn't. But it could have been if the company popped the air thingys and downsized the box - it wasn't if anything was breakable.
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Amazon frequently will send some TINY little thing that could VERY easily have been tossed into a flat mailer (like a t-shirt or socks) into a BOX complete with air pockets!? I mean really? The shirt is going to get bruised in shipping ?
Yes, the shirt will bruise.
However, this lightbulb will not so we are going to throw it into this box with nothing.
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Okay from the standpoint of someone who works at a large chain that mails out online orders - we have only X amount of boxes in A amount of sizes. We are supposed to pick the closest size and pack in it. Sometimes though we run out of a size and have to ship an order out before we are restocked so we will use a large box.
Many companies work this way, they will keep only x size boxes on hand and what ever they are shipping goes in em.
Does it make it right, no, is it wasteful, yes but in the streamlined world of sending out many different items, that is how it works.
Now you want to talk wasteful packing, as someone who opens tons of boxes for a living to put out the product, we get things like bids or burp clothes or whatever and each is individually wrapped in a plastic bag, and sometimes those are in one big bag on top of it. Now that is wasteful. We do not recycle that plastic, while we do at least bail and send back our cardboard.
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Is there a reason you guys can't recycle the plastic bags? Are they not a reusable material? :(
I totally understand the large boxes a lot of the time, but for Amazon, it sometimes makes no sense..especially when I receive more than one package and the large box has a smaller item..
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Every time I use a sanitary napkin I feel like I have to spend five minutes taking off all of its wrappings and stickery parts!
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Is there a reason you guys can't recycle the plastic bags? Are they not a reusable material? :(
I totally understand the large boxes a lot of the time, but for Amazon, it sometimes makes no sense..especially when I receive more than one package and the large box has a smaller item..
If it's anything like the UK - Certain areas will only have the facilities to recycle certain materials from household collection and recycling points elsewhere aren't always obvious or easily reached on foot. We also here have a limit on how much can be collected every two weeks. I hate hate HATE packing paper because it usually ends up soggy, even if you put it put the morning the bins are collected, so the rubbish collection people won't take it >.< (and packing paper usually takes up loads of room in the bin!)