When this box arrived, I wondered whether I'd ordered a small bed or a fridge in my sleep. But no. It simply contained a (horse's) girth, as seen draped over the box. Oh - and lots of that drapey brown paper beloved of Amazon, to fill up the considerable space around it.
Now I have three problems:
1. This thing will have to stand in the kitchen until I've tried the girth for size (I've been ill, and haven't been near the horse for a week), as I shall have to use the box if I need to return the girth. The box takes up a lot of room.
2. The box will take a lot of flattening, and will be hard to fit into the little recycling bags we're given.
3. Managing my indignation at this sheer waste.
So - I shall email Amazon and ask them to collect their box (which is presumably now my box) as I am giving it back. They can deal with it.
That's all.
Why would anyone wish to flatter a box?
ReplyDelete"Oh yes Boxy McBoxface, I love the shade of your cardboard and your corrugation is simply divine!"
Your reply made me think I'd made a typo, but no. And the last thing I'm going to do is flatter that box, YP!
DeleteGirths are funny things. Very well made but far too stretchy. Every time I fit one it's as tight as a drum but ten minutes later it is slack.
ReplyDeleteGet the horse to stamp on the box.
As you know, Adrian, horses puff themselves up when you do up a girth. Mine(horse) can increase his midriff by about a foot, I'm sure.
DeleteMy Mum gets many parcels from Amazon, as she is in their product tester's program. She often complains about the size of boxes compared to what they contain.
ReplyDeleteUsually, my parents collect the largest pieces in their garage, and every now and then, my Dad ferries them to a Recycling place.
Meike, I'm part of the same programme as your mum, and have had many boxes. But none so ridiculous as this!
DeleteI can beat that......my box was even deeper than yours, and all it contained was a " condensation top" for my fish tank...see through, plastic, no weight at all......36' x 12' by nothing much! On the plus side , it was undamaged!!
ReplyDeleteFrances, it's time we customers complained. I'm certainly going to!
DeleteIt always seems such a waste of a box to flatten it and recycle. Small children love boxes. Maybe pass on to some little people?
ReplyDeleteMaggie, the "little people" are never around when you want them!
DeleteI agree with Maggie. I saw a boat or a time machine. I didn't see a box at all. Hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteThank you, ER. Yes. It does look a bit Dr. Who-ish. I hadn't thought of that!
ReplyDeleteI always seem to be in need of boxes (7 large ones filling my luggage space in the estate car) were used to ferry books to Oxfam in Glasgow yesterday. Sometimes those from Amazon are definitely OTT though.
ReplyDeleteI challenge anyone to need this one, Graham. It's the wrong shape for anything except, perhaps, a rather short, fat corpse.
DeleteIt doesn't even look the right shape for the girth, Frances!
ReplyDeleteIt's like a small wardrobe, Rosemary. I asked Amazon to collect it, but they politely declined. But I do get £5 off my next order 😀 but I still have the box cluttering up the kitchen 😩 I'm trying to summon up the energy to jump on it....
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