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boots.com gone packaging mad?

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I ordered a memory card for my camera and aa batteries to have them arrive in a HUGE box 2 feet long by 1 foot wide by 1 foot high!!!!?????
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  • heatherw_01
    heatherw_01 Posts: 6,787 Ambassador
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    lol, they do love large boxes
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  • Woby_Tide
    Woby_Tide Posts: 5,344 Forumite
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    they sent a packet of baby organic rice cakes in a similar size box, I had orderedc them to get over a £50 spend on nappies, the nappies arrived one day but as rice cakes worth 35p were out of stock they came a couple of days later. Madness...
  • Lara
    Lara Posts: 2,881 Forumite
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    have to agree with you all! The box I received on Friday with just one item in was huge. My sister fell about laughing when I opened it and showed her what was inside! What a waste of packaging but still......................I always recycle;)
  • jockettuk
    jockettuk Posts: 5,809 Forumite
    dont knock it lol im moving and grateful for boxes and the brown paper they use to stuff the box comes in handy as wrapping paper lol
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  • hjb123
    hjb123 Posts: 32,002 Forumite
    Hi

    I too ordered off boots.com last week. The parcels arrived on Friday - both items in seperate boxes - they could both have easily fit into one box - the smaller box i might add - but there was so much brown paper packing it up!
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  • Mr_Skint_2
    Mr_Skint_2 Posts: 5,183 Forumite
    I think this should be on the 5 star service board I would be
    very happy to see my goods packaged with care......
  • bethom
    bethom Posts: 16,573 Forumite
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    You are lucky!!:rotfl:

    I ordered off them last year for christmas, there was hardly any packaging. The box was battered, and a few of the items inside were "injured".:wall:

    I would have loved them to package the stuff up like that, it would have saved a trip to boots to go and replace the stuff as there was no time to wait for them to deliver replacements.:doh:

    Edit to add,

    Is that better now?:rotfl:

    I got told off fer me grammar:p :rotfl: :rotfl:

    Any more mistakes to be corrected?:p :rotfl:
    I live in my own little world, but it's ok as everyone knows me here :)
  • jockettuk
    jockettuk Posts: 5,809 Forumite
    bethom wrote:
    You are lucky!!:rotfl:

    I ordered off them last year for christmas, there was hardly any packaging. The box was battered, and a few of the items inside were "injured".:wall:

    I would of loved them to package the stuff up like that, it would of saved a trip to boots to go and replace the stuff as there was no time to wait for them to deliver replacements.:doh:
    mabey they listened to complaints from last yr and done better this yr
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  • Mr_Skint wrote:
    I think this should be on the 5 star service board I would be
    very happy to see my goods packaged with care......
    They weren't really packaged with care they were rolling about all over the place! And because the boxes are so big and empty they are very easily squished.
    travelover
  • mrbadexample
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    bethom wrote:
    You are lucky!!:rotfl:

    I ordered off them last year for christmas, there was hardly any packaging. The box was battered, and a few of the items inside were "injured".:wall:

    I would have loved them to package the stuff up like that, it would of saved a trip to boots to go and replace the stuff as there was no time to wait for them to deliver replacements.:doh:

    Edit to add,

    Is that better now?:rotfl:

    I got told off fer me grammar:p :rotfl: :rotfl:

    What about that one then? :naughty: :doh: :rotfl:
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
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