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Revealed: Apple's Secret Membership In The Stupid Shipping Gang
Apple may have Al Gore on its board of directors, but that won't stop them from shipping teeny tiny remote controls in cartoonishly large boxes.
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Stupid Shipping Gang
Apple may have Al Gore on its board of directors, but that won't stop them from shipping teeny tiny remote controls in cartoonishly large boxes.
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Apple may have Al Gore on its board of directors, but that won't stop them from shipping teeny tiny remote controls in cartoonishly large boxes.
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A reader in Redding, California was shopping at the local Winco and saw this ultra-patriotic bag of frozen tilapia—if it were any prouder to be an American it would have to start singing country music. But when glugory turned the bag over, the phrase "Product of China" was stamped across the bottom. "So now these bastards are lulling you into a false sense of patriotism in order to sell their commie fish," writes glugory. That might be overstating it a bit, but we're fans of overstating things here at Consumerist, so... yeah! Damned commie fish! Remember: never trust packaging. It's just marketing you can hold.
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Winco Frozen Fish: The Big U.S. Flag Tells You It's Made In China!
A reader in Redding, California was shopping at the local Winco and saw this ultra-patriotic bag of frozen tilapia—if it were any prouder to be an American it would have to start singing country music. But when glugory turned the bag over, the phrase "Product of China" was stamped across the bottom. "So now these bastards are lulling you into a false sense of patriotism in order to sell their commie fish," writes glugory. That might be overstating it a bit, but we're fans of overstating things here at Consumerist, so... yeah! Damned commie fish! Remember: never trust packaging. It's just marketing you can hold.
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My Night Stand Came Packed In Spray Foam Insulation
Here's something to break the monotony of your day. Reader Jim sends these pictures of the night stand he ordered from Amazon.com. It came packed not in peanuts, but covered in spray foam insulation. He says it took him half an hour to hack through the sticky stuff to get to the furniture. Weird, yes, but the item did arrive intact... so maybe they're on to something. More »
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Canon Uses Comically Oversized Box To Send You Something They Could Have Taped To A Postcard
Earlier this week I ordered a part from Canon USA Service for one of my Canon cameras and it arrived today. I am impressed for the fast shipping but not so much by the efficiency of the packaging.Additional photo inside. More »
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Reader Eric sent us a konfusing photo of Krazy Glue. On the front it clearly says, "Bonds: wood, metal, ceramics, pottery, rubber, leather, plastic." Yet the back clearly reads, "Not for use on wood and leather." So does Krazy Glue work on wood and leather? Krazy Glue, you so krazy!
Krazy Glue Kontradiction
Reader Eric sent us a konfusing photo of Krazy Glue. On the front it clearly says, "Bonds: wood, metal, ceramics, pottery, rubber, leather, plastic." Yet the back clearly reads, "Not for use on wood and leather." So does Krazy Glue work on wood and leather? Krazy Glue, you so krazy!
stupid shipping gang
From the looks of David's package, Dell isn't close to honoring its promise to switch to alternative packaging within the next two months. This obscenely large box contained nothing more than a 2GB flash drive. David's son snapped a few pictures, which appear as an eerie slideshow after the jump.
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Dell Still Ships Tiny Items In Massive Boxes
From the looks of David's package, Dell isn't close to honoring its promise to switch to alternative packaging within the next two months. This obscenely large box contained nothing more than a 2GB flash drive. David's son snapped a few pictures, which appear as an eerie slideshow after the jump.
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Wrigley's To Introduce New "Slim Pack" Gum Packaging With Two Fewer Sticks, Same Price
Sometime soon Wrigley's will start promoting its new Slim Pack packaging in select markets, and nationwide by 2009. It's slimmer! It's easier to carry! And it's got 15 sticks instead of 17—for the same price! A Wrigley's vice president told Brandweek that consumers wouldn't care that they're getting less product: "To them the value goes up because they're getting a better tasting product in a better package." Ha ha consumers sure are stupid, aren't they, VP of Wrigley's? More »
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Black & Decker Food Processor Comes With Creepy Religious Materials
stupid shipping gang
Hey OfficeMax, Bill ordered a spindle of CD-Rs, not a batch of CD-Rs carelessly dumped into a box without the spindle or any protective cushioning. Did you seriously think he wouldn't notice or complain about the pell-mell packing job? Unsurprisingly, the CD-Rs are scratched and ruined. Bill isn't pleased, but he's taking the flub in stride.
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OfficeMax Ships Spindle Of CD-Rs Without The Spindle
Hey OfficeMax, Bill ordered a spindle of CD-Rs, not a batch of CD-Rs carelessly dumped into a box without the spindle or any protective cushioning. Did you seriously think he wouldn't notice or complain about the pell-mell packing job? Unsurprisingly, the CD-Rs are scratched and ruined. Bill isn't pleased, but he's taking the flub in stride.
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Circuit City's AA Battery Packaging Is Remarkably Sturdy
I ordered some batteries on sale from Circuit City, recently. When they arrived, the package made insane amounts of noise. I opened it up and found that the packages were basically destroyed and dozens and dozens of batteries were loose. For some reason, there's something really disquieting about having a box full of loose batteries come in the mail - maybe it's the low-toned clacking sound they make?Yikes. It's like AA battery confetti in there.
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Target Delivers Dresses With Correct Amount Of Packaging
Morgan writes:
I've seen a lot of poor shipping posts in the past few weeks, and thought I would share a positive shipping story! I recently ordered 12 bridesmaid dresses from Target.com (2 sizes for each girl, just in case, plus two for myself). I expected a barrage of boxes at my door, but was pleasantly surprised to find 10 dresses neatly packed into one Amazon box, and two more dresses in a smaller Amazon box. I guess some companies CAN ship competently!The right size box for the amount of material inside...AMAZING! What will they invent next? Maybe Target can share this secret with their retail brethren.
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What's Inside This Big Box From IBM?
Ooo, what could be inside this box that IBM shipped to a reader—retail-packaged software? Peripherals? Maybe a hard drive with air padding? A logo-emblazoned hoodie? Monogrammed pencils? A kitten? More »
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Companies Respond To Wrap-Rage, Design Packaging That Isn't So !@$% Difficult To Open
Companies are starting to use tamper-resistant packaging that doesn't cause wrap-rage or puncture wounds. Retailers love those maddening plastic supermax containers for the theft-deterring frustration factor, while manufacturers just want consumers to see the eye candy within. What's the compromise? More »
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Dell has promised to stop shipping individual CDs in 10x19x10 boxes after Christian over at Technologist for Hire posted a rant about Dell's growing love for wasteful packaging.
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Dell: Let's Ship Tiny CDs In Massive Boxes!
Dell has promised to stop shipping individual CDs in 10x19x10 boxes after Christian over at Technologist for Hire posted a rant about Dell's growing love for wasteful packaging.
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Staples Packages Five Small Notepads In Five Separate Boxes
Dear Staples:
Thanks for your recent delivery of the items we ordered. Your drivers must know how to drive fast because it always arrives very fast and we think that's swell. However, your shipping department might be drinking on the job or something because the amount of packaging used for our most recent order was ridiculous. You might want to go down there and check.
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Wal-Mart Joins The Stupid Shipping Gang
A reader writes, "As part of our Christmas shopping; we ordered several DVD's, video games, and a phone card from Wal-Mart's website." The items trickled in over several days, then "this showed up. A 10X11X5 inch box, an air-filled air bubble, and one thin phone card taped to the bottom of the box."Companies, this has got to stop! It's wasteful and annoying. It's stupid. It can't cost that much to hire someone to put together a shipping program that uses different package sizes for different types of products. More »
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Crate & Barrel's Wooden Spoon Packaging Is Very Efficient
Reader Mark says:I recently ordered two wooden spoons, a wooden spatula and a silicone spoon rest from crateandbarrel.com - all in the same transaction. Today I received these two big boxes! One box (10x7x20) held ONE 13.5" spoon. The other box (13x13x7.5) held the other spoon, spatula and spoon rest.More »
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