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Title: HP Ships Power Cord in Giant Box With Attached Pallet
Post by: Kratos on August 23, 2009, 10:42:02 pm
http://gizmodo.com/5343411/hp-ships-power-cord-in-giant-box-with-attached-pallet

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HP stands for Huge Packaging.  Wow i guess that must cost several hundred bucks and the inside wire is made out of gold lol.
Title: Re: HP Ships Power Cord in Giant Box With Attached Pallet
Post by: major on August 25, 2009, 02:09:14 am
except HP didn't ship it, so nothing to do with HP other then being the company who made the cord.
Title: Re: HP Ships Power Cord in Giant Box With Attached Pallet
Post by: Rodney 1.666 on August 25, 2009, 06:12:17 am
"There's probably a story behind it-"

I bet.
Title: Re: HP Ships Power Cord in Giant Box With Attached Pallet
Post by: Sergeant Kelly on August 30, 2009, 05:20:15 am
That's a pretty sweet box. I guess they don't want those cables to get damaged.
Title: Re: HP Ships Power Cord in Giant Box With Attached Pallet
Post by: Maxaxle on August 30, 2009, 08:55:00 pm
It's actually not uncommon...but yes: it's weird. Maybe it's accounting for the probability of stuff crushing it. Who knows.
Title: Re: HP Ships Power Cord in Giant Box With Attached Pallet
Post by: Mangley on November 02, 2009, 09:03:53 pm
Having worked in a packing warehouse, I can tell you that this isn't too mind boggling. What I expect happened was the box was packed into a larger one if there were no other size of box that could be used for it - this happens surprisingly often. Then of course boxes of that size would normally be strapped to pallets because they contain computers and monitors and other large electronics. Nobdy would think to check the weight, and once taped onto the pallet it will get shipped that way regardless.
Title: Re: HP Ships Power Cord in Giant Box With Attached Pallet
Post by: Wake[of]theBunT on November 03, 2009, 04:39:22 am
Fail shipment
Title: Re: HP Ships Power Cord in Giant Box With Attached Pallet
Post by: Maxaxle on November 07, 2009, 06:50:52 pm
Fail shipment
QFT.