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subego · Jun 10, 2009, 10:45 AM

Good job Amazon.

Oisín · Jun 10, 2009, 10:49 AM

Way to go.

turtle777 · Jun 10, 2009, 10:51 AM

My theory:

They have automated packing stations, which are more economical to run with a few standard sized boxes, rather than many box sizes. Plus, they probably get much better prices on the boxes when they buy millions of few standard sizes, rather than thousands of many different sizes.

-t

hyteckit · Jun 10, 2009, 10:51 AM

What did you buy? Velcro? How much? $2?

subego · Jun 10, 2009, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

My theory:

They have automated packing stations, which are more economical to run with a few standard sized boxes, rather than many box sizes. Plus, they probably get much better prices on the boxes when they buy millions of few standard sizes, rather than thousands of many different sizes.

-t

They have much smaller standard sizes which would easily accommodate this. With the Amazon smiley and everything.

Originally Posted by hyteckit

What did you buy? Velcro? How much? $2?

$12, which is a rip, but it evens out somewhat with the free shipping and craft paper.

turtle777 · Jun 10, 2009, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by subego

They have much smaller standard sizes which would easily accommodate this. With the Amazon smiley and everything.

I dunno.

I can only recall smaller sizes for books, but those automated anyways, probably cut on the fly from a big sheet of cardboard and then folded into a box by a machine.

-t

subego · Jun 10, 2009, 11:24 AM

Trust me. I'm an Amazon whore.

Dakar V · Jun 10, 2009, 11:25 AM

They rarely use the smaller packages. They seem to love to use one that is slightly too big for my mail slot, so everything I order i have to go to the post office and pick up myself.

ort888 · Jun 10, 2009, 11:31 AM

I just bought a video game from them and it came in a super tight cardboard sleeve. It was very minimal.

subego · Jun 10, 2009, 11:32 AM

Top one is what the velcro came in.

Note the ginormous measurements.

Dakar V · Jun 10, 2009, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by ort888

I just bought a video game from them and it came in a super tight cardboard sleeve. It was very minimal.

ooo ooo what game?

CharlesS · Jun 10, 2009, 11:40 AM

I just got some CDs from them in a box barely larger than the CD jewel case.

Tiresias · Jun 10, 2009, 11:41 AM

Maybe they think that a bigger box is less likely to be lost in the shuffle.

ort888 · Jun 10, 2009, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar V

ooo ooo what game?

Punch-Out!!

Good game.

residentEvil · Jun 10, 2009, 03:19 PM

didn't think of taking photos of these kinda things.

i ordered a slimline DVD/CD adapter...which is about, oh, 3/8" wide x 5" long x 1/2" thick.

came in box almost 18" x 24" x 10" STUFFED in bubble wrap. so much so, the box bulged on the top and bottom. but the adapter; was in an anti-static bag at one end of the box, outside the bubble wrap.