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[trinityvixen]

So I ordered three things--two things, really, one of which I ordered two of--from one of our vendors, all of which could fit comfortably inside a small index card box. One item had to be frozen, so it arrived on dry ice separately from the other item (of which there was a quantity of two). The non-frozen items arrived in a box with slots that can accommodate twelve of those items, which is pretty wasteful, in terms of space.

The frozen item, however, wins the "You really needed a box that big?" prize as the frozen item is the size of a box of paper clips, and it arrived in a box of dry ice--filled with dry ice, mind--that was 1'x1.5'x2'. You could have comfortably fit a frozen head in the same box. (Not that I ship frozen heads. Much.)

Our charge for this shipping: $23. Their charge for materials: God only knows. Wow.

Comments

[six-demon-bag.livejournal.com]

HA! I truly can't understand people sometimes. I'm the shipping & receiving manager where I work and my office is the mail room, so I can trade moronic packaging/shipping stories with you all day. Take a look at this short entry I posted last year.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

My god, that is exactly how my experience went. I actually emptied out the entire thing of dry ice because I was sure that it would prove to be something else in the huge box and nope, just the little guy. Jaysus.