too bad they don’t know how to use it! Heyo!
Amazon.com is known for many things. Great products at the best prices around, cutting-edge eReaders, stellar customer service and as of the last few years, environmentally friendly custom product packaging and shipping practices.
So imagine my surprise when UPS showed up at my house today with a big box from Amazon. A really big box. I thought to myself, what did I order? Four memory cards and a Samson Zoom H1 DAC, in two separate shipments.
Too bad they don’t know how to use it!
All of the above products are known for their size. The secure digital card is the smallest professional quality memory card. They are about the size of a quarter. The Samson Zoom H1 is one of the smallest, high-end (yet very affordable) personal digital audio recorders on the market, about the size of a Snickers bar.
So, what did I forget that I had ordered from Amazon.com that needs a 10 x 10 x 21 inch box rated for 65lbs?
Four secure digital cards of course! Seriously Amazon.com? I guess this is why they ask for commentary on how they are doing with their efforts for effective, efficient, economical and environmentally friendly shipping practices.
Check out package two, did Amazon.com do a better job?
Yes!
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i hope you leave them some feedback! http://amazon.com/packaging
i hope you leave them some feedback! http://amazon.com/packaging
@JonathanKhoo Thanks for the link, made the feedback even easier! I sent them the photos and a link back to this post. I sure do love me some Amazon.com but this was just comically poor packing. 😀
@JonathanKhoo Thanks for the link, made the feedback even easier! I sent them the photos and a link back to this post. I sure do love me some Amazon.com but this was just comically poor packing. 😀
@justex07 seriously that’s ridiculous packaging! i’m sure they’re under pressure to get shipments out as fast as possible but you think when they go to seal it up they would notice it’s a bit of an overkill and just dump everything into a smaller box.
@justex07 seriously that’s ridiculous packaging! i’m sure they’re under pressure to get shipments out as fast as possible but you think when they go to seal it up they would notice it’s a bit of an overkill and just dump everything into a smaller box.
@JonathanKhoo I have another package coming today, the Samson Zoom H1. Can’t wait to see what sized box that comes in haha. I’ll post it here either way 😀
@JonathanKhoo I have another package coming today, the Samson Zoom H1. Can’t wait to see what sized box that comes in haha. I’ll post it here either way 😀
Everyone here at the office got a good laugh out of this. I got a similar package from Office Depot recently; should have documented it.
Everyone here at the office got a good laugh out of this. I got a similar package from Office Depot recently; should have documented it.
@ep9701 haha, glad the office enjoyed it! Normally Amazon is pretty good about this kind of stuff, not this time! Thanks for sharing my post with your followers 😀
@ep9701 haha, glad the office enjoyed it! Normally Amazon is pretty good about this kind of stuff, not this time! Thanks for sharing my post with your followers 😀