packaging

[John Tee]

Last Sunday I ordered 2 x 6" propellors and 1 x 4" propellers from a shop I have used before. Should state that this is not a thread knocking the shop probably more the courier as the service was excellent. The government are having a clampdown on plastic waste etc. I was out when the courier arrived so he left my Jiffy bag with my neighbour as I thought, wondered why as I have a large letter box. Collecting the package I was given a cardboard box 13.5" x 11.5" x 2"containing my three props. As the box was printed with the courier name all over I assume that they supply the packing for the parcels they collect. A medium size padded envelope would have been sufficient for my bits. Save the planet?

john

Edited By John Tee on 04/02/2018 19:58:59

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

I can easily match that with this delivery of 3 packs of small glass fuses from RS Components...free next day signed for P&P!

[John Tee]

Crazy

[John Tee]

Martin,I added my photo after writing the message as I wanted the photo last but it went to the top. How did you get yours at the bottom?

John

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Edited By Martin Harris on 05/02/2018 00:53:09

[John Tee]

Thanks I'll try to remember that

John

[John Muir]

Well at least the cardboard boxes will biodegrade or recycle. Most padded envelopes won't as they're full of plastic bubble wrap.

John.

[Geoff S]

I ordered 8 x 1S 200mAH LiPos for my indoor winter flying from HK. They arrived each in a little cardboard box that was easily big enough to accommodate all 8 of the batteries.

I think big on-line mail order companies like Amazon or, in our case, HK have a selection of boxes ready to use with a lot of lightweight (usually plastic) packing material so inevitably the packages end up being mostly air. At least, if they're cardboard, they're recyclable.

Geoff

[MaL]

Big parcels are generally harder to lose... you should be thankful yours were oversize.

[Don Fry]

I once tried to send a receiver through Small Packages. Bloke up the post office was direct. You are asking to get that lost. Use a bigger box he said.

[onetenor]

In other words small packages are more easily concealed when being stolen.Books are quite often "LOST" in transit. I'm sorry to say this but it does happen. I've just contacted the supplier of a book which is overdue.It is normally quite an expensive book to buy even in paperback but I bought this one at a lucky price. The supplier has told me if it doesn't arrive by the 8 th he will refund me all costs. This has happened a few times from different suppliers. Stripped of the packaging which is dumped the contents are easily pocketed and there are no identifiers as to ownership even if the suspected thief is asked where the book came from. One bad apple etc

[John Lee]

So ordered fixtures to mount floats on my CarbonZ Cub from Horizon Hobby Europe, postage very reasonable at £3.20, I expected a padded bag but this box arrived (that's a12inch metal ruler alongside): in which were 4 pieces of wire:

[David Davis]

I odered two cables for the glow plugs of my Laser 150 V Twin from the French supplier Weymuller. These arrived promptly in a box measuring 22 x 16 x 12 cms or about 8.25" x 6" x 4.75."

I can compost the box or use it to light the fire but what do I do with the Storopack?

[Dave Hess]

At least cardboard is recyclable and biodegradable.

What I hate is when the stuff inside the box is wrapped in bubble-wrap, then selotaped so you can't get the delicate items out without breaking or cutting in to them. I just bought an ARTF plane that has very delicate balsa structures. Each of them (wings, fin, tailplane and fuselage) is protected by a relatively stiff plastic sleeve wrapped around, then tightly selotaped all round. The selotape is completely unnecessary because the locations in the box prevent the items coming out of the sleeves. It's a really difficult surgical operation to remove the said items from their sleeves. The selotape only adds to the risk of damage and doesn't prevent anything.

One explanation for the rather large cardboard boxes is that many businesses have to pay to dispose of their waste packaging, so it makes a lot of sense to reuse it and send it to customers rather than buy additional more appropriate sized packaging that only adds to the waste pile.

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[Nigel R]

If you want odd size parcels, it may be more expensive to hand pack and load and post.

[David Davis]

Posted by Nigel R on 12/10/2018 13:01:06:

If you want odd size parcels, it may be more expensive to hand pack and load and post.

I put the same post onto an American website and one respondent said that it was a question of the speed with which order pickers have to work. They just find the first box and shove your order into it.

[Nigel R]

I can well believe that DD especially of big box shifters.