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You may have gone a bit overboard on protecting this Burt's Bees lotion. I'm not sure that this size box or this amount of protection was needed, but thanks for being over cautious.
AggressivelyPassive
Bought $300 GPU, small box, zero padding. Bought blu-rays for less than $20, bigger box than GPU, foam and bubble wrapped, Sealed-Air packs.
HmblPnt18
Lemme just say, nobody at Amazon gets pregnant on accident
evoactivity
I've heard they put small items in large boxes to make sure they don't end up lost in transit
jakesrake
Look at all that sealed air. This is why kids in Africa only get to breathe once a week if they're lucky.
HolyHellJezebel
I ordered 10 USB locking connectors, each is roughly the size of a short thumbnail. They came in a box bigger than this.
omgbs
i worked in a shipping department for reflective material and we used a 2x4 box for a 1 flat 2 inch strip before gg Orafol
youlikemymanboobs
So, What are you using that lotion for OP?
brynnenyxdc
View girhg.com
jthearon
You know someone had a huge laugh about this..
allinallgood
Xbox game came in a refrigerator box. It was a digital download...
TemporaryUzername
it probably ended up in the corner of the box anyways. amazon needs to start packing shit in smaller boxes with crumpled packing paper.
cybersloughter
The bubbles are cheaper, easier, and less dangerous for the packers. Bubbles are here to stay.
TemporaryUzername
lol
GreedyJungle
Ordered a revolver the other day and it came in a box designed for a fucking musket.
nobodyreadsusernamesanyway
http://www.pcgamesn.com/sites/default/files/WhatsInTheBoxB-1428420074.gif
tenski
Amazon buys their boxes in bulk and since they only get charged by weight and not by size they don't really care about getting smaller boxes
glockbrandglock
Former amazon employee here, before we pack an item we scan it and we're told what size box to put the item in. 1/2
glockbrandglock
2/2 If we don't put it in the box the computer tells us to put it in, management gets pissed and you get pulled off the line and scolded.
LewisH949
I had this one a couple weeks back :D http://imgur.com/mWvbOVm
NoSleepTilBrooklyn
Last week I got a 6 oz bottle of dog shampoo in a box bigger than my dog. They're ridiculous.
ZombiesAreOkay
This is un-bee-lievable
Lewisbl11
I like me some puns
BlackLabsAreBest
I bought an enormous roll of bubble wrap to help with moving...it arrived in an even more enormous box...with padding
notwastingtimeiswear
As someone who just finished a move,you got free packing material that wasn't from the liquor store! Lucky you!
IridescentLotus
Buy one get some lol
NotAmused1001
NO
cybersloughter
Yeah, but if it wasn't shipped that way, there would be a good chance all the bubbles would have popped before getting to you.
CommieGold
And yet all my boardgames come with no internal packing
shinagami091
Who orders just one thing that small? You could have easily bought that at a store.
friendlyneighborhoodanesthetist
I mean youre the one that mail ordered Chapstick
cybersloughter
Simple issue. Someone probably got the item size wrong (chose the size for the masterpack) and associates are told to pack the /1
cybersloughter
item in the box shown on the screen. Sometimes the associate will call out the problem and it will be addressed in the future /2
cybersloughter
but the concern over making rate (number of packages per hour) sometimes causes people to just do what the screen says. /end
YouUsedToWatchSesameStreet
Once ordered a trigger spring for my beretta from brownells. Came in a shoebox size box.. For a tiny spring
Tieslin
Did you find it yet?
YouUsedToWatchSesameStreet
It was easy to find it was just a bunch of large bubbles and a bright yellow pouch.
Nobascotia
( )always too much( )
ShartyParty
And yet I can't get a comics shipment without some of them being downright mutilated
cybersloughter
2 things I will never buy online: TV's and books. It's a shame how books are handled in the warehouses.
ShartyParty
That's a good policy. It is definitely a means of last resort for me given my geographic location on the planet earth
CerebrawlHemmorage
Someone posted pictures of their crushed box with a crushed NVIDIA 1080 in it.
NotThatOneTheOtherOne
How they handle your packaging is none of your beeswax.
Nesmuck
Heyoooooo
dadinplaid
But... it is his/her beeswax?
decarnatedame
That's right. It's Burt's!
WorkaholicGifsForEveryReply
I had a 6x2 foot box come with probably 20 feet of paper wrapping in it for a yoga mat I bought my wife.
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eversoft
You should make it into a fake coffin, then lie in it while dressed up & scare people for Halloween!
MrLegger
I got that same box for a kitchen mat!
JuggNuttz
atleast it isnt the Boxception that ive been getting. A box containing a box containing the item thats in a box....
ChuckNorrisAteMySock
Today at work I spent a whole hour unboxing individually wrapped spoons...
Jufasa
I recently ordered a small nail care kit, bout the size of 4 sharpies grouped together, the box was about 20" x 12" x 4"
SugarplumPatricia
Sometimes it's over pack, depending on the quality of the item, policy with the company. It sucks for us too.
TeaRat
They put a box inside of a box because it has to be shipped in a separate container from the provider in order to be considered a whole item
cuntimus
I got a box with 3 boxes inside of that. And two of those had boxes in those. Soo...
Seiyena
This reminds me of when I got my pen nibs for my tablet. I filmed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iidIy6M7a0I
samvimesbootstheory
Some of the companies that my work orders from do this to avoid plastic. Send 3 small, empty boxes as packing material inside the big box.
Bendmydickcuminhersnatch
Like how they shipped my coffee?
JuggNuttz
i never got mine like that! is that whole bean? i have a burr mill grinder and love Kicking Horse Kick Ass Dark and Koffee Kult Medium and/
JuggNuttz
Dark Roasts, also Raven's Brew Three Peckered Billy Goat is really good too.
ErinFromTheOffice
BRRRRRRRAAAAAWWWWRWRRRMRMRMMRMRMMMMM
jesting
I, for one, respect the opposition of our future Amazon Robot Overlords to using bubble envelopes. Not my place to try to understand it.
bankaltthree
Snarky comments aside it's about room, there isn't enough to have all the required box sizes plus the envelopes in the packing station
DrDevice9
They have a section to leave packing feedback. One of the options is size of the box. Let them know.
DoctorWhatsMyNameAgain
As an Amazonian... Yes, please.
ObamasBigBlackCaucus
We all pay good money for a smaller box ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
batlrar
I wouldn't be surprised if they do this because of too many people sending in troll comments about their tiny packages.
Lewisbl11
Good call, thanks.
DrDevice9
For sure. I've had the same thing happen. Figure its waste on their end too
BilboTeabagginsOfTheShire
I've worked in distribution and they get so many boxes in bulk that they're basically free
bankaltthree
Have worked at amazon, people told me to use the next size up if we run out of the box size so probably not going to solve anything
CrossxFyre
You ever stick something in a ridiculously large box just for the hell of it?
nickel1704
Work stories please?
BicyclePirate
This is important because a computer chooses the box size, not a human. This knowledge will aid Skynet.
bwandee
I hope that's true, sometimes it seems like they're just messing with me. I didn't want to get anyone in trouble, but if it's a machine...
BicyclePirate
Actually true. Associates get annoyed by the box recommendations too!
HumansArePrettyNeat
A machine messing with you is far more terrifying. Arm yourself.
HumansArePrettyNeat
There's a prepper post a few dozen clicks back that should be helpful.
ollypops
RUN FROM SKYNET