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Excessive Tech Packaging?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it-should-be-a-crime-to-waste-all-that-plastic dept.

fraew wonders: "I just received a Microsoft Partner Program package in the usual MSDN sized box (34cm x 25cm x 11cm) that contained a single A5 piece of paper. Nothing more. Previously I've had RAM DIMMs and PCI cards double-boxed in boxes that approached the size of a computer case, so what is the worst example of excessive tech packaging you've received?"

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  1. Not really packaging as much as marketing... by boog3r · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about the P-P-P-Powerbook?

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  2. Dell batteries by FueledByRamen · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, not laptop batteries; CMOS batteries. Standard CR2032 button cells. We had a batch of machines (SX270), a few of which shipped with CMOS batteries going bad, so we RMA'd for 5 new CMOS batteries. (as was policy at the time -- might as well get all of our warranty support that we can, and such.)

    We received a box about 12 x 12 x 8 inches. This box contained 5 inner boxes, each about the size of a standard retail software box. Inside each box, the top and bottom were covered in eggcarton foam. In the center of each box was a single CMOS battery.

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    1. Re:Dell batteries by Gordonjcp · · Score: 5, Funny

      I got half-a-dozen lithium batteries with little wire leads for soldering into PCBs. Some helpful person had packed them into antistatic foam before shipping. Which is conductive. Think about it.

  3. All boxed up. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "so what is the worst example of excessive tech packaging you've received?""

    The browser that slashdot came in.

  4. This guy has you ALL beat. by jgaynor · · Score: 5, Funny

    disclaimer: not my picture - found it on 4chan /G (probably nsfw) a while ago and saved it because it was so damn funny. Anyway here it is - an SD card and it's packaging (from newegg if I remember correctly).

  5. The worst... by dreamer-of-rules · · Score: 4, Funny

    UPS delivered a large box to our work about 30"x20"x12".. nearly large enough for the tape library we ordered. Inside was some plastic balloon padding and another heavy-duty shipping box about the size of a briefcase. Inside that was a tiny box containing a plastic bag containing a stupid promotional pen... and the warranty paper for the Quantum tape library.

    The pen is pinned to my cubicle wall. I think I referred to the warranty paper once.

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  6. Re:Multiply packaged pieces of paper separately se by mbstone · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're no fools. You ever need warranty service on your C++ compiler, you better have saved all those boxes.

  7. Re:Recycling paper packaging by Vo0k · · Score: 4, Funny

    1200 sheets of peper per acre per year timber=14.2 hemp=1200 which one would you decide to grow?

    Grammar of this sentence suggests too much hemp.

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