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soggy_cheerio
02/26/09

In reply to Best Buy Mails Tiny Photo Paper in Massive Box
Damn, Giz. I already ripped you one about this months ago.

[gizmodo.com]

Fuckin' hippies.
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MushyHeirloom
02/25/09

In reply to Best Buy Mails Tiny Photo Paper in Massive Box
I know the feeling. I RMA'ed my bricked mp3 player and received a new one via UPS... in this.

Not as bad as the paper, anyway.
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adikt
02/25/09

In reply to Best Buy Mails Tiny Photo Paper in Massive Box
Did it ever occur to you people that cost is the bottom line for these companies and to buy 4000 different size boxes to have on hand all the time maybe costs a lot of money? Perhaps this particular shipping location didn't have the right sized box on hand but would rather send the item to the customer on time. As a person who purchases online most of the time, I just want my shit fast and could care less what size box it comes in. In fact, the bigger the better because I can use them to store stuff in my attic. So in theory I am saving the environment by reusing large shipping boxes rather than throwing out tiny boxes and then purchasing brand new large storage boxes from Office Depot. Ever think about that before posting these articles? Lame.
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zenpoet
02/25/09

@adikt: I know the reasoning for the action, but that does not validate it. It is the bottom line / instant gratification that is a detriment to the human race as a whole. I am by no means a tree hugger, but will go the extra step to prevent needles waste.

And not everyone uses the over sized boxes for storage, because often one company ships to another company, and what does company B care about storage boxes? They throw them out faster than you can type an ill thought out post.
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adikt
02/25/09

@zenpoet: Really? Do you work at a place that deals with massive amounts of cardboard? Because from my experience they would have an onsite bailer and would recieve roughly $100.00 USD per bail of compacted cardboard paid to them by a recycling company.
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zenpoet
02/25/09

@adikt: No, I was just thinking of other large companies. We don't get much in the way of packaging here. But still, larger packaging takes up more space on trucks, causing more trips, using more resources, etc... It may cost a little more to have more than one size of box on hand, but the end result is better for the community as a whole, and not just the bottom line of one company.
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warf0x0r
02/25/09

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Who orders stuff from bestbuy.com?
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
02/25/09

@warf0x0r: Very valid point.
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zenpoet
02/25/09

@Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Someone that gets to order office supplies with their rewards zone card, that's who.
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Samifumi
02/25/09

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Law office?
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zenpoet
02/25/09

@Samifumi: yup.
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Spithead051
02/25/09

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The fact that someone ordered that paper online and had it shipped to them is true waste. Considering it would be cheaper for that person to drive to the store and back instead of paying UPS to ship it in a truck
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Skunky
02/25/09

@Spithead051: There's any number of reasons for it to be shipped. Perhaps it was part of a larger order, my Amazon purchases get split up all the freakin' time. Also perhaps this particular paper (hp makes like three versions of their photopaper) wasn't available in the nearby stores. Finally, it's possible the person doesn't live in a location that lends itself to finding HP photopaper locally. After having lived in Scappoose, Oregon, I can sympathize with the last one. Fred Meyer is great and all, but you can't always find EVERYTHING there.
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zenpoet
02/25/09

@Spithead051: As I told pmac2332 above, the paper came free with a printer order I placed. Had I known they were going to waste so many resources to get it to me, I would have told them to keep it!
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pmac2322
02/25/09

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Seriously, this is not worth the post. Why order photo paper from Best Buy? Let's harass whole foods for selling a single vanilla bean for $12.00.

Sheesh
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zenpoet
02/25/09

@pmac2322: Actually, this is from me, and to make matters worse, I got the paper free when I ordered a printer. The printer came in a separate shipment from a separate carrier, so not only did they waste all the packaging on the paper box, but both UPS and the USPS had to make trips to my office.
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JEmlay
02/25/09

@pmac2322:

This isn't even news! Avon will ship a single lipstick in the same size box!!!! Yes, people are THIS DUMB!!!
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BeautifulAgony
02/25/09

@JEmlay: Apparently, so are you. STFU and GTFO. kthxbai
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Lewis Beechey
02/25/09

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How do we know if this is actually real?
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Mark Wilson
02/25/09

@Lewis Beechey: Yeah, it's all part of a global conspiracy against Best Buy that started with one elaborately faked tip!

In reality, it's just part of a sad trend occurring in the CE industry.
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Iron Man Underoos
02/25/09

@Lewis Beechey: It's real since the photo's blurry.
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Pessimippopotamus
02/25/09

@Iron Man Underoos: That's right. All blurry photos are fake. Easiest to mask crappy photoshop work.

@Lewis Beechey: I've gotten a USB card in one of those boxes before. These things do happen, my dear facebooker.
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Hello Mister Walrus
02/25/09

@Lewis Beechey: How do we know you are real?
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mynamesafad
02/25/09

In reply to Best Buy Mails Tiny Photo Paper in Massive Box
Why are you making fun at Best Buy. You can obviously see that box is not nearly large enough. Nor does it contain any packing peanuts to fill the gaps left by the air packets.
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Skunky
02/25/09

@mynamesafad: It's seriously lacking cereal too.

[consumerist.com]
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Révolution
02/25/09

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I actually prefer this size of box. It gives me more room for storing stuff.
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Pessimippopotamus
02/25/09

@Révolution: @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: Actually, that's so true. I don't know what I'd do without those boxes when I have a crapload of stuff to carry.
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comfortablesofa
12/01/08

In reply to Apple Ships Mini DisplayPort Adapter In Huge MacBook-Sized Box
you guys make such a big deal of the dumbest things ever.

as long as the box isn't delivered in a limo, that's in a plane that's delivered by fedex, who gives a rats ass?!

you know how much of a friggin' pain it is for shipping small containers from a logistics perspective?!
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OMG! Ponies!
12/01/08

@comfortablesofa: Perhaps they could ship a ton of cables in a big box to Apple Stores in the US and then have orders for those cables filled from the Apple Stores instead of from Shanghai, China.

Because that's where this, like all other items ordered from Apple's website, comes from.
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OMG! Ponies!
12/01/08

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Coming soon to a movie theatre near you:

It Came From Shanghai, China starring Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive.
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MBPro
12/01/08

In reply to Apple Ships Mini DisplayPort Adapter In Huge MacBook-Sized Box
I'm not saying this picture is false but it is entirely possible to get a big box shipped from Apple and say this tiny thing came from it... There is no proof that this is real.

Regardless, the last time a post like this was made, Apple quickly fixed it. Let's hope the same happens.
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matt buchanan
12/01/08

@MBPro: The guys at jkOntheRun are some of the most straightforward around. No way they would hoax this.
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efenili
12/01/08

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hot damn you dont even need a box for that. Throw in a....wait for it, wait for it.... MANILA ENVELOPE!! HAHAHAHA. ok im not that funny.

On a similar not, I got 4 Blu-rays from Amazon today all in almost exact size padded envelopes instead of the smaller boxes i was used to...it was a nice eco-friendly change!
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IN THE FACE!
12/01/08

@efenili: I know a lot of shippers will often use a standard volume shipping measurement (like a flat rate box size) so they can buy them in bulk at a discount (winds up being cheaper than shipping these small items by weight due to the volume discount)...

It sucks but can actually save the shipper (and you) a decent amount of money on shipping at the expense of resources.
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Kaiser-Machead
12/01/08

In reply to Apple Ships Mini DisplayPort Adapter In Huge MacBook-Sized Box
Too small. I can't reuse that shit.
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Wess
12/01/08

@Kaiser-Machead: That's what she said!
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Kaiser-Machead
12/02/08

@Wess: DAMN! I walked right into it! XD
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