Happy Jack Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I ordered something tiny from components supplier CPC. I was expecting a small padded envelope (maybe A5) to be pushed through my letterbox. The postman brought me a box similar to the ones you buy 5 reams of photocopier paper in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Well boy howdy, that can't be right, I thought. So I opened it. Most of it was bubble wrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 What was all the weight then? Ah, that would be this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 And the goods I had actually ordered? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 My goods weighed 80g. The catalogue weighed 2.2Kg. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 The sticker on the cover of the catalogue warns that the prices are probably out of date so you should go to the website before buying anything. I'm not making this up. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnyman Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Wow. Multiply by quite a few customers and that's a lot of unnecessary recycling. Do Argos still print millions of catalogues? And i see that Yellow Pages has finally stopped printing a real book. Looks like CPC are trying to take up the slack all on their own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Seems they are trying to catch Amazon up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowregisterhead Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I experience the same wastefulness on a regular basis. Bizarre. Without wishing to be nosy, what are you using the BNC patch leads for?? 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) On the catalogue pricing being out of date thing, I've never seen that before with CPC so I guess they are covering themselves in these turbulent times (B word etc.) Edited January 23, 2019 by Count Bassy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Hopeless! My lad ordered a 100 watt soldering iron, when it came the whole thing glowed red hot - I told him to get it replaced. Few days later a huge box, I'd say 60 x 60 x 80cm at least arrived, he said the only thing he was waiting for was the soldering iron - sure enough !!!!!! The suplier's excuse was 'because it came direct from the factory, they only had packing for bulk deliveries'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, lowregisterhead said: I experience the same wastefulness on a regular basis. Bizarre. Without wishing to be nosy, what are you using the BNC patch leads for?? 🙂 Extending the aerial cables on a wireless headset mic so that the antennae can be front-mounted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/tesco-dinner-set-box-row-10488851 Edited January 23, 2019 by Teebs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Ay caramba! WTF these companies playing at!. The other day I received an A4 plus size plastic coated jiffy bag, containing a digipak CD!!!. I emailed Amazon saying it was a bit unnecessary when a CD size cardboard envelope would've been sufficient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oZZma Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) I ordered a few very small items to make pedals from Amazon Solder tips, wire, desidering pump, stuff like that Amazon sent me each item in a separate A4 sized box... I wanted to take a photo just to show how stupid is that. Edited January 23, 2019 by oZZma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 I had some bird at my old accountants quote me just shy of 300quid to taxi my accounts back to Devon from Buckinghamshire I suggested they were posted (about 3 quid) and she seemed to find this somewhat strange......... not as strange as the fuel & pollution involved in sending a hire care on a 500mile trip......... (I've got nice sensible accountants now) 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 What's particularly irksome about Amazon is they've been taken to task ages ago about overpackaging but still continue not to take the blindest bit of notice. Then again Jeff Bezos is hardly noted for his 'green' credentials. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oZZma Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) I got a similar experience with Thomann too I ordered one pedal for a friend, a 2U rack case (which I sent back later) and some cables. I got a GUITAR-SIZED box. I sent an email to the customer care that time 😠 Edited January 23, 2019 by oZZma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Apart from all the planet choking packing above, one thing that irked me was when the caring uk Gov made all shops charge 5p for a plastic bag, for the hard of thinking, who often dont take their own. Barely anyone would care at forking out 5p. If they'd made that price £1, maybe it would have made a much bigger difference. It's not a mental challenge to take reusable bags. If an idiot like me , who's been using the same bags for 7 or 8 years can manage it, anyone can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taunton-hobbit Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 ^ ^ ^ S'only them wot runs the train set going through the motions - it shuts up the mob howling for something or other......... 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 On the other hand - Dinner Sets I ordered a 4 place dinner set at sale price from M&S, it arrived in a massive Christmas designer box, but when opened the actual dinner set box inside was surrounded by air bags, lots of them, but nothing above or below. Most of the pieces were smashed so I 'phoned to complain and explained the lack of protection. Box number 2 arrived, externally smaller than the first with even less packing, again none top or bottom, once more - many items smashed. Third verse same as the first! So on my third call of complaint I was really upset to hear they had no more of that design so I had to accept a full refund 🙂 Out of the remaining unbroken pieces we ended up with a 6 place set, minus 1 bowl, for nothing, apart from my wasted time and aggravation. Ridiculous cost to M&S, for the sake of a bit of sensible packing in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, taunton-hobbit said: I had someone bird at my old accountants quote me just shy of 300quid to taxi my accounts back to Devon from Buckinghamshire I suggested they were posted (about 3 quid) and she seemed to find this somewhat strange......... not as strange as the fuel & pollution involved in sending a hire care on a 500mile trip......... (I've got nice sensible accountants now) 😎 I've corrected this for you 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.G.E.N.T.E. Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 A dark side of the e-commerce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, fleabag said: Apart from all the planet choking packing above, one thing that irked me was when the caring uk Gov made all shops charge 5p for a plastic bag, for the hard of thinking, who often dont take their own. Barely anyone would care at forking out 5p. If they'd made that price £1, maybe it would have made a much bigger difference. It's not a mental challenge to take reusable bags. If an idiot like me , who's been using the same bags for 7 or 8 years can manage it, anyone can Apparently their use has dropped by 86% from the big 7 supermarkets, so it has had an impact. I was surprised. Must remember to put a reusable bag or two in my car. Today's multiple parcels have generally been pretty good on packaging. One from Thomann with a monitor in its box inside another box but that included another couple of items. Another order a couple of days ago for a couple of small items came in a small box. And recent deliveries from CPC have been in a jiffy bag when all they needed was a jiffy bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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