I bought one used XQD memory card from MPB, and this was the box it came in. LOL.
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Packing Overkill
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Palouse
Well-known member
Hopefully it wasn't loose inside an otherwise empty box!
A friend bought a mobile phone … in a box like that….it contained a brick! 
MikeJ
Well-known member
Wow, I'd hate to see the size of the box if they shipped a 600mm f4!
My wife recently received a single pen (Copic Marker) in a box that size.
JamesFarrell
Former Member
I was wondering if they also included the one sneaker next to the box in your picture in the box too?
Fact: the smaller the box the more likely it is to get lost. So shippers pay more in box and shipping costs but less on replacing shipped product. Navigating the claim dept of any package service is futile for shippers and recipients so insurance is meaningless.
Eldon
Active member
Perhaps just to keep really small items from falling off or through any small openings on the automated conveyor belts at shipping 'sort' facilities.
Tones of brown paper balled up inside.
LOL. No, I thought I should put something next to it for scale.
That makes sense. It's still really funny. Also, I wondered why not a padded envelope.
Methinks this company learned from Amazon.......
DRM
Well-known member
Many possible reasons. 1) They were out of smaller boxes. 2) Negotiated terms with their shipper for a flat rate regardless of package size or weight up to something like 50 or 100 pounds. So size didn’t matter. 3) Envelopes are sorted through a machine that rolls and squeezes them between rollers that could possibly damage an XQD card. 4) The employee filling the order had a sense of humor.
A Postmaster told me a few years back that at that time Amazon had negotiated a contract with USPS to have USPS deliver their packages, including special Sunday deliveries during the holiday season, of up to 105 pounds for a flat rate of $5 per package. USPS lost a significant amount of money on that deal, he said.
A Postmaster told me a few years back that at that time Amazon had negotiated a contract with USPS to have USPS deliver their packages, including special Sunday deliveries during the holiday season, of up to 105 pounds for a flat rate of $5 per package. USPS lost a significant amount of money on that deal, he said.
I just received a battery for my D500 from BH and it came in a box almost as large as that.
That’s what I e been thinking.
High megapixel card.
Woody Meristem
Well-known member
I've purchased quite a bit from MPB and the items have all been very well packed in large boxes with an abundance of crumpled kraft paper padding. I'm sure that's less expensive than having items damaged in transit, paying for returns, shipping a replacement and having an unhappy customer.
I've ordered cards from Amazon twice in past couple of months and they came in padded envelopes.
wonder what type of contract they have with UPS (?)
Those Megapixels are very heavy and fragile. Need to lots paddedHigh megapixel card.