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HP Shatters Excessive Packaging World Record

Posted by timothy on from the please-say-this-isn't-true dept.

An anonymous reader writes "HP customers will be familiar with their bizarre packaging practices (5 pounds of packaging for 8 license keys!); lets just say this story is not an isolated incident ... " I've seen some excessive packaging, but perhaps nothing to top this.

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  1. Re:Nothing new here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    But... but... HP and Dell scored top marks from Greenpeace. Clearly the packaging was needed to protect the license papers which means you'd kill more tree for more paper if they are damaged.

    [This also show that Greenpeace ranking is irrelevant]