Saturday, June 21, 2008

Waste

Why does NewEgg use so much packaging?

USB Drives, packed in packaging easily 10 times bigger than the actual thing, stacked three high, with little interlocking sections on the packaging so it stays together, wrapped in 1" bubble wrap, in a box of styrofoam peanuts.

Waste
Waste
Waste
Waste
Waste

I sent the box of peanuts and bubble wrap back so they might be re-used.

24 comments:

E said...

Yeah, we got a motherboard from them the other day and the box was HUGE.

Anonymous said...

Great Idea (mailing their crap back)!! We order from these guys all the time and it blows me away the amount of crap they pack for tiny things! I can't imagine if we ordered something of decent size!

Urs said...

Just a note to just one unwanted reader: Yes, I removed your comment because the reality is that I don't like you and never did. I don't read your blog, don't care about your life, and don't care what you have to say.

I also don't care to have any drama on this blog, so any further comments by you will be deleted too. You can whine about it all you want on your blog, I'll never know about it, but it will just prove that you have no life. I was wrong to try to engage you in conversation before and regret it.

And btw, I'm not an idiot, I know the packaging is to prevent theft, but I highly doubt that they sell USB drives in stores wrapped in bubble wrap and in boxes of foam peanuts.

lawryde said...

We at least can share that common, special bond of dislike for each other.

lawryde said...

Can you block me somehow, cause that would be fun. Kind of like getting kicked out of McDonald's

lawryde said...

Although I could just use Proxy and comment anyway.

lawryde said...

Or go to a friends house since I'm so interested in what you're doing.

lawryde said...

The few minutes this takes while my kid is playing in the shower really cuts into my boring life though.

lawryde said...

can kids die in showers?

lawryde said...

don't call child services on me:)

lawryde said...

do you think he's clean yet?

lawryde said...

I think so, but we're only up to 11 total comments

lawryde said...

He's singing right now so I would guess he want to stay in there for a bit

lawryde said...

Should I write a post about this?

lawryde said...

God I'm a fucking dick.

lawryde said...

lots of people from our town are though... must have been the mill

lawryde said...

Alright. I'm done

lawryde said...

bye

lawryde said...

xoxoxoxoxo

lawryde said...

have a pleasant night

Urs said...

Gosh, I really just don't care....

lawryde said...

Since reading your blog completes my otherwise tedious and meaningless life I'll be the troll that lives under the bride in your blog.

lawryde said...

I could photoshop that into your banner if you'd like.

rakhi. said...

Wow. What a psycho. For someone who doesn't care about what you think about him, Urs, he definitely exerts a bit of effort to get under your skin. Maybe he has a crush on you! That's how *all* the middle school boys act when they do.