They probably ran out of the smaller size boxes. Rather than holding your package, the puller grabbed whatever was available that it would fit in.
Recieved an ultra slim keyboard in a box big enough for a microwave oven (packing material in comment)
Submitted 18 hours ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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reddig33@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
Nah, Galaxus and Brack pull that regularly. At least they use those cardboard-paper things for filling.
FlihpFlorp@piefed.zip 16 hours ago
Yeah I work at a pet store and one of hold duties was pack up boxes for UPS or FedEx, basically flip flopping from retail helping customers to packing
Anyways sometimes we’d run low and have to pack a tiny bird toy into a box made for a 30lb bag of dog food
Other times we had to sometimes tape 2 boxes together becuase the tall box (made for stuff like dog poop rake kits) was to narrow, and the wide boxes for aforementioned dog food was too short
hperrin@lemmy.ca 17 hours ago
It’s because of fancy algorithms and waste reduction, not laziness and capitalism. That’s what Jeff Bezos told me.
shalafi@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Always figured that was the case, no joke. Ever try to automate anything even slightly complex? Edge cases and weird shit crops up all the time. Maybe something in the product description triggered this ridiculous box.
People doing the packing probably don’t have a path to get the occasional issue resolved, and likely don’t care.
datavoid@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
Going by their job interview questions it probably has something to do with optimally packing boxes in a truck
charizardcharz@piefed.world 15 hours ago
Sometimes it's due to the battery shipping label that's required for lithium batteries. They need a box big enough to fit it as it's a fixed size and needs to fit on one side of the box.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
It’s only 5" square at most, though. You don’t need a microwave sized box for that.
charizardcharz@piefed.world 14 hours ago
For some reason it didn't click how oversized the box is. More likely they ran out of smaller ones then, or some shitty algorithm said this was the "most economical" box.
Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
Last week, my new wallet came in shoebox size box.
axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 13 hours ago
Ain’t this kinda good tho? Use the extra cardboard for crafts and stuff or pass it down
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Looks good. What kind is that?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Looks sweet. Do you have experience with this brand? I need a new keyboard
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Nice. A Keychron
HairyHarry@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Image
Cats for scale.
dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
Ah your new cat box comes with a free keyboard.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
It wasn’t exactly free, but yes 😁
myotheraccount@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Probably confused why you bought packaged air, when your whole house is full of air already
lena@gregtech.eu 17 hours ago
Ah, they had to check it out