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Is There a Cardboard Box Shortage Now?

Icegoddess — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 04:17:51 GMT

I recently ordered a Lawless lippie trio. I got it today. The Post Office delivered it separately from my regular mail. Not sure why. Usually if the box is too large for the mailbox, it still comes via regular mail and they just drop it on my front porch. But this time it came via their special package delivery person who I met at the front door because I was taking my step-stool outside at the time to trim a shrub. This is what I got. There was also one of those air-filled packing which consisted of several of those air-filled units, but it wasn't enough to really protect anything.

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EastCoastGal — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 05:54:22 GMT

@Icegoddess... Oh. Good. Grief !!!! 😳

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Nonametoday — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 08:15:17 GMT

I recently got a shipment from amazon in a plastic bag and there was something written on the bag (I wish I could remember or had written it down) but it said something to the effect that this is as sturdy as a small box. It was imprinted on the plastic wrapping.

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skatting44 — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 12:56:05 GMT

I ordered some live plants ( roots) from Breacks that came in a plastic bag . Usually they arrive in a box . I was really galde the roots had not been damaged !

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PINKdogWOOD — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 13:34:54 GMT

No shortage I don't think - I just got a lowly little dress in a box this past week. Not long ago i got a box from either hsn or qvc whereby the box was huge and had a tiny little package inside. I laughed outloud at that one. Currently I'm returning 3 dresses in that small box from last week. They all fit. sending it back.

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PINKdogWOOD — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 13:35:59 GMT

I get a few of these as well from the big A store. It was fine.

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PINKdogWOOD — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 13:37:31 GMT

@skatting44 Holy cow, damaged or not, I'd be really griped if I ordered plants from somewhere and they came tome in a plastic bag!!!!!!!

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KatieB — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:16:09 GMT

@Icegoddess What on earth is a Lawless lippie trio???? And why would a box like the pictured one indicate a 'cardboard box shortage'?

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Icegoddess — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:45:40 GMT

@KatieB wrote:
@Icegoddess What on earth is a Lawless lippie trio???? And why would a box like the pictured one indicate a 'cardboard box shortage'?

@KatieB Lawless is the name brand. Lippie is the term I use for lip cosmetics that arent lipsticks. There's 3 of them. I was being a bit facetious asking if there was a cardboard box shortage, but one could come to that conclusion thinking they didn't have any smaller boxes to put such a small product in to ship. Maybe it's just a small cardboard box shortage. The pic shows the product I got inside the box it came in.

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bargainsgirl — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 15:52:54 GMT

WHy do vendors seem to use a box that is so huge for the product they are sending? What a waste and more jiunk for the landfill. I sure hope all this cardboard is being recycled!

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Gorgf — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 16:26:59 GMT

@Icegoddess. I complained about that once from Q a few months ago and received mean and nasty comments like, "be glad you received your package" and pretty much "get a life and find something important to do than complain." "Just recycle" It was mascara in a box designed to ship a shoe box. I don't have regular recycling and some communities don't have any at all.

It happens from time to time and I wonder if it is a hurried grab any box to ship to get it out. Yours is even larger. I hope you don't get nasty remarks like I did. It makes no sense to ship like that and a waste of cardboard.

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KatieB — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 16:32:11 GMT

@bargainsgirl wrote:
WH.y do vendors seem to use a box that is so huge for the product they are sending? What a waste and more jiunk for the landfill. I sure hope all this cardboard is being recycled!

@bargainsgirl Boxes should not be in a landfill to begin with. They should be recycled. Cardboard is recyclable.

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Icegoddess — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 16:35:23 GMT

Thanks @Gorgf, really I was just being funny, not complaining, but I guess some will read that into it and make a big deal out of my "complaint". I'll just ignore those.

BTW, I do have recycling and recycle smaller boxes, but larger boxes go in the yard to block weeds in an area that is not conducive to gardening but needs to be clear to walk through.

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Spurt — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 17:27:57 GMT

@Icegoddess @PINKdogWOOD

I dont think there is a cardboard box shortage per se, they are not matching boxes with the size of the actual merchandise.....I ordered some blush from QVC, and it came in this GIGANTIC cardboard box, inside the box was the tiny blush compact wrapped up in a tiny plastic bag....SMH!!! 🙄

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Kachina624 — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:52:06 GMT

@Spurt I, on the other hand, ordered two pairs of jeans from HSN. They came stuffed in a tiny box that had been used before. I guess they're recycling. Another poster ordered the same thing and hers came wrapped completely differently.

I just got an Amazon order in Wal-Mart packaging delivered from my local Supercenter. Ye Gods, it's no wonder were in a state of confusion.

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Catty2 — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 20:01:10 GMT

This morning I went to McDonalds drive-thru to get breakfast. My mouth kind of dropped when I was handed a Happy Meal box. The person said your order is all in the box, we are out of paper bags.

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Thats Me — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 20:08:29 GMT

@Icegoddess That has happened to me too, also from HSN. The boxes arrive damaged and barely taped closed, act7ally half opened. I've been amazed the product was still inside and not also damaged.

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Nonametoday — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 21:25:24 GMT

@bargainsgirl wrote:
WHy do vendors seem to use a box that is so huge for the product they are sending? What a waste and more jiunk for the landfill. I sure hope all this cardboard is being recycled!

@bargainsgirl

It is. Cardboard is very easily recycled. It is made of wood. Plastic bags, not so much. They are using our precious short oil supply to make plastic. God, please help us with the oil shortage. We know you did not intend we do without the fossil fuel of which you gave us such a rich supply. We know that everything is recycyable but the oil because it is used up.

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BSurLife65 — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 01:53:02 GMT

I've had identical items delivered in HUGE packaging from several other online retailers. Tiny items, often unprotected, shipped inside HUGE boxes or envelopes - Makes No Sense. I'm no longer calling the retailer about this RIDICULOUS WASTEFUL PROBLEMATIC issue because they can't or won't do a darn thing about it. We are the end line consumers who have to reposition, open then keep for recycling those useless huge cardboard boxes and I resent the whole thing. It's a giant pain to flatten most boxes, store them and then haul them out to the stinky recycle bins which are already full ! Yes I'm complaining and venting here! Maybe my complaint will reach the right ears and things will change. Our economy is not paying attention to our overburdened Waste management systems and I don't want to contribute to the huge landfills which are the result of our laziness and disrespect for the environment. Our lovely planet is not getting any bigger - just sicker.