Aug 30 2008
K12 Packaging… Too Funny Not to Share
When I first picked up the box, I was certain it was empty. I thought to myself… “they forgot to pack the box!”, but I was wrong. They had packed the box. In fact, it was 97% packed with plastic pockets of air (packing material that is) and 3% product. lol Yes, that’s right. My estimation can’t be too far off.
You really have to see it to believe it. Now, this is one of the weirdest packages I’ve ever received from anyone. Did they not have a smaller box? Even a packing envelope would have worked. I wonder how much money they spent sending us this little black board?
I don’t know if you can fully appreciate what I’m sharing through my amature photography, but this box is about 8″ deep and the slate board is about a 1/4″ thick. I should have hit this from more than one angle.
So, while I’m happy to have my daughter’s missing Handwriting Without Tears black board, I still have to say, “huh?”. lol Well, it was worth a good laugh anyway. Even my 5 year old thought so!
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And on the plus side, that’s a future lesson in percentages and cost efficiency right there. Volume of board over volume of box, estimates on how much more than they had to they spent on cardboard…. You may need to take some measurements and file this one away.
Thanks for sharing this one; my entire household got a chuckle out of it. And welcome to Today!
I’ve had that happen before too and look in the giant box and think, that’s it? They used this enormous box for this little thing? Kind of funny, but I’m always glad to have the giant box to ship gifts to my godson in Georgia.
~Kelly
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Now that’s funny! Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to see how our boxes arrive now.
I recently got a flash drive in a box almost that big… it was bizarre… they could have sent it in an envelope!