seustice Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 Anyone got any better examples than this one courtesy of Insight UK.
matt40k Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 Yup. HP blanking plates. Express air courier from Europe, massive box (like you'd use for a hdd), one plate. We got sent 30 of them. Last we ever ordered HP when we didn't want DVD drives.
Garacesh Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 [ATTACH=CONFIG]24278[/ATTACH] Your SD card will be delivered today between 10:00 and 12:00 3
Oaktech Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 Yup... Thats a packet of Lenovo trackpoint 'nipples' obtained under warranty as they were missing from laptop as bought.
seustice Posted May 8, 2014 Author Posted May 8, 2014 I did once hear a story about a warranty replacement mouse being delivered on a full-size pallet. HP packaging madness continues apace
matt40k Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 Did it have one of those eco stickers on it about telling you how green they are?
GREED Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 I wish I had kept the picture, but back in my IT Support days in schools I ordered 2 screws from a laptop RAM cover (you know the ones, tiny tiny). I lost one then broke the other... I was good! Anyway, expecting at most a letter or small packet, I was astounded to see DABS sending me a box the size of an old style colour laser printers (BIG!), with bubble wrap, tape etc to find the packet inside and them more bubble wrap. Maybe they knew it was me and I break things! They were the best protected screws of all time! The postage costs must have been more than the screws themselves.
localzuk Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 Once had extended warranty documentation (read: 5 sheets of a4 paper, 1 for each laptop) arrive in a box 50cm cubed.
GREED Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 Once had extended warranty documentation (read: 5 sheets of a4 paper, 1 for each laptop) arrive in a box 50cm cubed. They are prone to damage those warranty documents... I mean try as I might they always ended up in the shredder 1
Arcath Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 2 Health and safety posters... (CPC Catalog for Scale) Image hosted on Twitter
ICTDirect_Dave Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 Yup. HP blanking plates. Express air courier from Europe, massive box (like you'd use for a hdd), one plate. We got sent 30 of them. Last we ever ordered HP when we didn't want DVD drives. You ordered blanking plates from HP?!?! Are you Made of money? 1
matt40k Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 Haha, didn't cost us a penny. They started billing after we got them, something like £15 a plate now or something isn't it? It's all that p&p!
ICTDirect_Dave Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 £15 is probably a bit low for them now. I can sell them for a fiver and have people think it's cheap!
Tesla Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) £15 is probably a bit low for them now. I can sell them for a fiver and have people think it's cheap! I'm onto you and your sneaky ways now, Dave! Edited May 9, 2014 by Tesla caps lock was on.... 1
matt40k Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 £15 is probably a bit low for them now. I can sell them for a fiver and have people think it's cheap! You sir, are making me want to get into the manufacturing business. Pretty sure I could find someone to knock a few up for a few pennies if I mass order.
Oaktech Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 I'm onto you and your sneaky ways now, Dave! Welcome to the buyings and sellings of Things. You sell it at the price people will pay for it, never what it's actually worth. Which is why it's always worth 'discussing' the price!
ICTDirect_Dave Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 I'm onto you and your sneaky ways now, Dave! Those blanks are a dog to remove without breaking, easily worth a fiver You sir, are making me want to get into the manufacturing business. Pretty sure I could find someone to knock a few up for a few pennies if I mass order. haha! You'd be suprised! You'd need to make thousands to get the cost low enough. We tried to get somebody to manufacture the screws (the ones with the blue plastic) that HP use for fitting hdds into their sff desktops. Nobody would touch it, and HP would charge £3 per screw!!
Tesla Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 Welcome to the buyings and sellings of Things. You sell it at the price people will pay for it, never what it's actually worth. Which is why it's always worth 'discussing' the price! I knowwww, i'm only messing
Tesla Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 Those blanks are a dog to remove without breaking, easily worth a fiver Sold! well played 1
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