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Samsung Achieves Exciting New Levels Of Excessive Packaging

Samsung Achieves Exciting New Levels Of Excessive Packaging

Welcome to Illustrated Storytime with The Consumerist! Today’s picture book is by reader Joergen, who found the excessive packaging of his Samsung printer cartridges so egregious that he took step-by-step photos of the box-opening process. Then the opening of the box within the box. Then the opening of the box within that box. And then.. [More]

Package Of 100 Certificates Yields 96 Useful Certificates, 4 Stupid Bent Sheets

Package Of 100 Certificates Yields 96 Useful Certificates, 4 Stupid Bent Sheets

Perhaps Alan’s expectations were out of line. He bought a package of one hundred certificates at Staples, expecting it to contain one hundred certificates that he could use for whatever award he was giving out. Instead, four of the sheets had been folded and wasted. A small indignity in modern consumerism, but an annoying one.
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