02 Sep, 2008
Now I can make a killer box fort - Thanks Target!
Posted by: ryanwanger In: Uncategorized
The UPS man knocked on the door, leaving a surprisingly large package. I had chosen this brand specifically, not only because it was relatively cheap, but it was literally 20% the size of my previous (and now broken) DVD player. Reduce my footprint with a smaller product, right?
What. The. #$%@.
Free Cardboard McMansion with purchase of DVD player!
Maybe they shipped the wrong item? Nope. Inside the cavernous outer packaging, proudly emblazoned with the Target logo, color scheme, and themed tape, was a tiny box for my Coby DVD player. Target could have easily shipped me six in the same size box. Sadly, the empty space necessitated several inflated pastic bags to “protect” the product, which was already packed inside Styrofoam, inside another box. Yet more waste.
Does this box make my product look big?
Target has really been grinding my gears lately. Whenever I go inside, if I can even find an employee, they invariably have only some vague idea of where the item I am looking for might be. Half the time it seems they don’t even have what I am looking for, and am I left wishing I had the last 20 minutes of my life back. On the plus side, Styrofoam aside, Coby’s packaging was nice and efficient, and their cheap DVD player performed like a champ. So it wasn’t a total loss.
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