Our new slow cooker came in three boxes.

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• Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I can explain that, it’s based on local post compliance laws.

  The manufacturer already supplies it in the middle box, which is a valid parcel packaging for their country. However, when it’s being delivered in yours, that one is not allowed so they need to pack it up again in another box, the bottom one, that is an allowed packaging in your country.

  This stuff can be absurd at times. And go really wild.

  Source: Worked in a wine shop for a few years that sent and received a lot of wine internationally via mail.

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  • lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is it just that the middle box is unmarked?

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    • Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Usually it’s something about material types or thickness.

      The weirdest packaging I’ve seen before was a bottle in a shipping box, inside another leak-proof box inside another non-leak-proof box.

      The reason went as this:

      • It was sent in the first box, which had cushioning so the bottle isn’t damaged in transit.
      • It went through an export company that wanted to be helpful and added a leak proof extra box.
      • Unlike the first box, this second one was not an acceptable type of box in the recipient country, so they wrapped it again.

      And due to laws, usually it is now legally possible to take away any box, effectively replacing it. You’re not allowed to open/unseal other people’s mail basically.

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• trucy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIKE BOXES

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• nick@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  now build a box fort. Fort kickass.

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  • Karlos_Cantana@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Holy shit snacks! That sounds awesome!

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• Contestant@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s a lot of waste but they do this to prevent shipping damage and so they can stack them up higher

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• june@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yea. You should appreciate this. The extra boxes add to the security of the product and helps ensure it arrives to you intact.

  If you had bought this at the store rather than shipping it, it would have come in a single box.

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• robotopera@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At least there are no cold solders on your slow cookers circuit boards.

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  • lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So far…

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  • kamenlady@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, that poor circuit board

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• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And I’ll put that box in another box, and I’ll mail that box to myself!

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  • JTheDoc@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And when it arrives, I’ll smash it with a hammer!!

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    • archonet@lemy.lol ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Genius, I say!

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• Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It is for your cat. If you don’t have any then time to get a cat for your boxes.

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• dutchkimble@lemy.lol ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Slow cooker, complete with slow unboxing experience

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• money_loo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At least they’re recyclable.

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• hunter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It isn’t as if you’re in a hurry to eat.

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• MamboGator@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s so you can use it as a pressure cooker if you want. The boxes are for extra wall integrity.

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• Bonesince1997@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fra-gi-le. Must be Italian.

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  • AnonWyo@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a major award!

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’ll shoot your eye out.

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why?

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• HunkyBrewster@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe the slow cooker mob is trying to send you a message

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