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[–] [email protected] 78 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can explain that, it's based on local post compliance laws.

The manufacturer already supplies it in the middle box, which is a valid parcel packaging for their country. However, when it's being delivered in yours, that one is not allowed so they need to pack it up again in another box, the bottom one, that is an allowed packaging in your country.

This stuff can be absurd at times. And go really wild.

Source: Worked in a wine shop for a few years that sent and received a lot of wine internationally via mail.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is it just that the middle box is unmarked?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

Usually it's something about material types or thickness.

The weirdest packaging I've seen before was a bottle in a shipping box, inside another leak-proof box inside another non-leak-proof box.

The reason went as this:

  • It was sent in the first box, which had cushioning so the bottle isn't damaged in transit.
  • It went through an export company that wanted to be helpful and added a leak proof extra box.
  • Unlike the first box, this second one was not an acceptable type of box in the recipient country, so they wrapped it again.

And due to laws, usually it is now legally possible to take away any box, effectively replacing it. You're not allowed to open/unseal other people's mail basically.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIKE BOXES

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

now build a box fort. Fort kickass.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Holy shit snacks! That sounds awesome!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago

It's a lot of waste but they do this to prevent shipping damage and so they can stack them up higher

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Yea. You should appreciate this. The extra boxes add to the security of the product and helps ensure it arrives to you intact.

If you had bought this at the store rather than shipping it, it would have come in a single box.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And I'll put that box in another box, and I'll mail that box to myself!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And when it arrives, I'll smash it with a hammer!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, I tell you! Genius, I say!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

It is for your cat. If you don't have any then time to get a cat for your boxes.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

At least they’re recyclable.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Slow cooker, complete with slow unboxing experience

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At least there are no cold solders on your slow cookers circuit boards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, that poor circuit board

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

It isn't as if you're in a hurry to eat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fra-gi-le. Must be Italian.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It's a major award!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

You’ll shoot your eye out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Maybe the slow cooker mob is trying to send you a message

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago