lol wasteful packaging

[Platypus]

look what IBM just mailed a replacement cmos battery for a server in.

the battery was in the smaller pack and put inside the huge box pictured there. I printed the crying indian for when I send it back to them... and yes I realize the irony of wasting a sheet of paper on this, but I think it's worth it.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9459955/photos/lolibm.jpg

 

[mvbighead]

That's pretty nuts. Throw it in a bubble-wrapped envelope and call it a day.

As a side note though, I am pretty sure they re-use those materials.

 

[aleckz]

Can never be too careful....

 

[Numenorean]

You don't just throw those boxes away do you? I got things from Intel/IBM/Dell/HP that came in larger than necessary boxes but I just saved them for returning something bigger that would inevitably come up.

 

[onza]

At least you can re-use the packaging material again for something in the future when you have to ship something out.

 

[Alone]

Doesn't matter. You'd be complaining if it were in a small package and was lost. The boxes get recycled/probably returned, so no loss.

 

[zinfamous]

awesome. ordering from Fisher, VWR, or other big supply companies results in some hilariously wasteful shipping decisions.

From another company--Ambion, I believe, I ordered a little extraction kit and requested an expanded and updated protocol (I rarely do this).

One day after the kit arrived, I received, separately, a padded cardboard document shipping envelope (like the FedEx letter package). Inside the thick envelope, was an 8x11 ziplock bag. Inside that bag, was a single, laminate, full color brochure, informing me that with their new "green policy" and to reduce costs, Ambion no longer ships paper protocols and encourages me to go to their website and download the protocol using this access code.

lol.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That is hilarious.

I tend to keep some materials, but often I just throw them out as they just lay around wasting space. I have like 10 different large cardboard boxes with foam in my crawlspace, been wanting to clean those out and recycle them and maybe just keep 2. I hate having to buy a box to ship something knowing that I've thrown some out before, it's not a cost thing, more an environmental thing.

 

[Spikesoldier]

poor injin

 

[Platypus]

awesome. ordering from Fisher, VWR, or other big supply companies results in some hilariously wasteful shipping decisions.

From another company--Ambion, I believe, I ordered a little extraction kit and requested an expanded and updated protocol (I rarely do this).

One day after the kit arrived, I received, separately, a padded cardboard document shipping envelope (like the FedEx letter package). Inside the thick envelope, was an 8x11 ziplock bag. Inside that bag, was a single, laminate, full color brochure, informing me that with their new "green policy" and to reduce costs, Ambion no longer ships paper protocols and encourages me to go to their website and download the protocol using this access code.

lol.

lol awesome

 

[zinfamous]

lol awesome

yeah, nvm that they regularly email me with weekly deals and upcoming changes to company policy and such.

but as others have said, I just save all the excess packaging for my own shipments. It always gets used.

I have 2 freezer shelves filled with polar packs. anyone want some? they go great with smoked pork...

 

[Born2bwire]

The crying indian is a very nice touch.

 

[Spikesoldier]

The crying indian is a very nice touch.

ironic he wasted toner and a piece of paper though. color image on smartphone would have been sharp.

 

[MotF Bane]

Fisher is the worst. Ordered a dozen four-packs of one gallon safety jugs, their box is maybe 16" cube. Each one showed in an individual box 24" by 18" by 20", with paper stuffed around it.

 

[bruceb]

I hate it when companies or government sites, want me to download the forms myself or print out my own bill, just to send them money they want or are due. Why should I waste my time, my electric, my paper and my ink to send them money ? ? Let them do it.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

that reminds me of the original cd packaging and atari cartridges - massive not because it protected the contents, but because nobody would buy it if it were small. brain dead f'ing morons

 

[Krazy4Real]

lol nice.

 

[shortylickens]

Saw shit like that all the time when I was still in the Navy.
Huge plastic shipping crates with a handful of tiny objects deep inside a mess of foam.

 

[Shawn]

awesome. ordering from Fisher, VWR, or other big supply companies results in some hilariously wasteful shipping decisions.

From another company--Ambion, I believe, I ordered a little extraction kit and requested an expanded and updated protocol (I rarely do this).

One day after the kit arrived, I received, separately, a padded cardboard document shipping envelope (like the FedEx letter package). Inside the thick envelope, was an 8x11 ziplock bag. Inside that bag, was a single, laminate, full color brochure, informing me that with their new "green policy" and to reduce costs, Ambion no longer ships paper protocols and encourages me to go to their website and download the protocol using this access code.

lol.

You must be in the bio/medical field.

 

[pmv]

That's pretty nuts. Throw it in a bubble-wrapped envelope and call it a day.

As a side note though, I am pretty sure they re-use those materials.

Would it have an impact on transportation costs though, even if the materials are recycled? Larger packages means fewer packages per load in whatever its carried in, so more trips, more vans or whatever on the road?

I once got sent something from Amazon that not only used a over-sized box but they forgot to actually put the thing (a video card) in the box, so they sent me, by courier, an empty box.

 

[Ichinisan]

look what IBM just mailed a replacement cmos battery for a server in.

the battery was in the smaller pack and put inside the huge box pictured there. I printed the crying indian for when I send it back to them... and yes I realize the irony of wasting a sheet of paper on this, but I think it's worth it.

Embed'd that for you.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

awesome. ordering from Fisher, VWR, or other big supply companies results in some hilariously wasteful shipping decisions.

From another company--Ambion, I believe, I ordered a little extraction kit and requested an expanded and updated protocol (I rarely do this).

One day after the kit arrived, I received, separately, a padded cardboard document shipping envelope (like the FedEx letter package). Inside the thick envelope, was an 8x11 ziplock bag. Inside that bag, was a single, laminate, full color brochure, informing me that with their new "green policy" and to reduce costs, Ambion no longer ships paper protocols and encourages me to go to their website and download the protocol using this access code.

lol.

Excellent, just as well they told you

 

[mmntech]

Beats my best, but not by that much. Newegg shipped me a single SD card in this box, filled with peanuts.

 

[GeekDrew]

I received a single Ultrium LTO tape in a full-size server box once. Even I was surprised. heh.

 

[pontifex]

and I thought the nut and 1" screw I got in a 8.5x14 mailing envelope was bad...