A letter ...

[ericcoleman]

I'm astounded. Yesterday I ordered several of item #367880. Today I got them. I was impressed by the quick turnaround time, but the shipping was, well, just plain silly. These 5 items, flat piece of cardboard that fold into boxes to hold CD jewel boxes for mailings, were sent in a 1 foot by 1 foot by 2 foot box. No packing. You could fit several 100 of this item in the box. I ordered 5. This is one of the most stunningly inefficient uses of space I have ever seen. I do have to wonder if, to get a job with Staples Shipping, if one has to take an IQ test and fail?

Yours Most Sincerely A Puzzled Customer,
Eric Coleman

Comments

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

My best story is even better. One sheet of paper. Box marked with "prevent back injury" and "bend knees to lift."

[ericcoleman]

That's pre-printed on the box ... So every box they ship has that

and at least they put packing in yours ... my stuff just flopped around

[beige-alert.livejournal.com]

Too bad they don't use enough packing paper when the ship the glass bottles filled with toxic liquid. At least they use plastic-coated bottle so when they break the hardly leak at all. You just get a bottle-shaped plastic thing full of broken glass and now-contaminated and useless toxic liquid.

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

I've gotten tons of Amazon packages like that.

they do at least fill the empty space with air filled plastic bubbles, but still...do i *really* need a 12" by 16" by 30" box to hold a router and a wireless card?