You know the world has gone nuts when....

rockits

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.....you get a large heavy box with lots of packaging delivered.....

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.....containing......wait for it......

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CatmanV2

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Bloody ****. There used to be articles on the reg about this sort of stuff. That's mad

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allandwf

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Wow! I can only assume it helps in some way, maybe automated parcel handling ? I've had parcels with that shredded cardboard filler, it's not light.
 

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I have had similar very recently but don’t have the pic anymore, but a box that would have taken 1000 sheets of A4 paper contain a pack of 6 meat skewers- carefully wrapped in 8foot of brown paper !

ah - found the pic

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Me too.
A Liberty card (like a credit card) I bought as a Christmas present last year was similarly packaged.
All very glossy and chic but.........
 

rockits

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Wow! I can only assume it helps in some way, maybe automated parcel handling ? I've had parcels with that shredded cardboard filler, it's not light.
It's not light at all the packing you're right and must be 20x heavier or more than the little bottle that is very light only a few hundred grams!
 

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I have had similar very recently but don’t have the pic anymore, but a box that would have taken 1000 sheets of A4 paper contain a pack of 6 meat skewers- carefully wrapped in 8foot of brown paper !

ah - found the pic

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In france when you buy 4 kebabs you get 4 metal skewers with them rather than the wooden cocktail sticks you get here
 

ChrisQP09

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Businesses have agreements with couriers/hauliers which stipulate certain requirements in order to avail of certain pricing structures.

Unfortunately, this means many companies post the smallest of items in 'standard' sized boxes, generally 10 times bigger than the product!

Amazon is the main culprit.