dell ships 65 screws in individual envelopes, mother nature cries

Reaper 392 · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:00

i hope this isnt a repost, but i saw this when i was linked to another post in the PC gaming section and had to share it.

as the title says, dell has shipped 65 screws in individual plastic bags, but they then decided to put each plastic bag into its own ~A4 size padded envelope. to add insult to mother nature's injury it was all put inside a giant cardboard box, with a mass of invoice paperwork

you would have thought they would have learnt not to do this after recieving many complaints from people hearing about them posting 50 CMOS batteries in individual large padded shipping boxes

i'm not normally one to complain that someone hasnt recycled their newspaper, or if someone uses their car for a walkable journey, but even i would complain at dell for not being eco friendly with their packaging.

full story here: http://www.tecca.com/news/2011/02/0...s-in-individual-envelops-mother-nature-cries/
(although theres not much ive left out)

DRZ · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:05

Not a patch on HP I'm afraid, although Dell did once send me an A5 slip of paper inside an A4 jiffy bag.

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:08

all I can do is LOL

Jokester · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:10

Someone on here had something like a printer cartridge delivered to them on a pallet.

Westyfield2 · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:11

Le_Petit_Lapin · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:13

Reaper 392 said:
i hope this isnt a repost

Sorry to break this to you....but I have some bad news.

topgun06 · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:19

Why? Just why?! :eek:

Reaper 392 · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:20

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Sorry to break this to you....but I have some bad news.

ahh bugger. i did have a quick search, but as with every forum ive been on to date, the search function isnt up to much

jonislost · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:20

Where I used to work used dell as a computer supplier and this sort of thing happened all the time. Definitely had the old screws in seperate envelopes thing before! Also had one stick of ram in a decent sized box, perfectly sealed and protected put inside ANOTHER box about 2ft x 3ft x 1ft! Where is the logic?!?! The packers are blatantly just doing it "for the lolz"

Calabi · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:20

How do they even have the time to do this?

Tefal · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:24

Brilliant, nice to know dell cares that their product reaches the customer intact and safely protected

apatia77 · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:24

iDroid84 said:
all I can do is LOL

+1

spleenharvester · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:26

****ing lol. Reminds me of the time I got an MATX board from OcUK in a cardboard box that could have fitted at least 10 in

Quint · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:36

They sent me a sticker once in one of them boxes, doesn't suprise me at all.

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:36

Big companies like this should have an inspection on deliveries. Talk about saving the planet.

Cosimo · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:26

iDroid84 said:
all I can do is LOL

Same here.

arknor · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:32

Jokester said:
Someone on here had something like a printer cartridge delivered to them on a pallet.

people reuse the pallets though gardeners love them

Cleeecooo · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:45

Guys, I think we're all forgetting that these screws MUST be protected at ALL costs. ESD is a huge problem in the screwing business and is one that affects 99% of all screwers.
People's lives DEPEND on these screws

Pawnless Endgame · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:50

I had this happen once, where Acer shipped me a replacement A/C adapter in a standard sized laptop box. It's not a patch on the 65 screws though!!

Lashout_UK · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:53

I had a box that was about 120x60x40 delivered to me.

It had a wiper blade in it.