Morning all, just thought I’d share this as it made me and my postie smile this morning. Ordered some new jockeys wheels the other day from CRC, now one was out of stock, which isnt a hassle as I really only needed one but thought I would change them both whilst I was at it. So there was me expect the usual padded jiffy bag type envelope, however what they actually sent was

Yep, an A4 box 330x210x30mm, and yes that is the jockey wheel in the right hand corner, now I’m not complaining as the item arrived and swiftly, but as I said it make me and my mtb riding postie laugh, and maybe might have the same effect on a few of you.

(dog included for scale, oh and because she is nosey)

I had the same size box for a headset o-ring

I had the same size for a hose olive and barb.

Yup, same size box for 2 new mono m4 reservoir cap bolts…… Slight overkill. Maybe they have run out of jiffy bags.

Have you seen the size of their bike boxes? They are hilariously massive. The only way they could be any bigger is if they supplied the handlebars fully fitted.

I’ve noticed this too. Not quite as silly as your example though.

Wiggle are bad for this too. Had a handlebar arrive in a box that you could fit a medium sized dog in.

Got same box for 3 powerlinks. Arrived quickly though and I recycled the box, so all’s well etc. etc.

Just getting their money’s worth from the postal service.

A packet of ball bearings for a Shimano XT hub

cost aint it, they are bad, not really reuseable

however, they aint dell

http://www.bitterwallet.com/hello-is-that-dell-id-like-to-order-65-screws-please/40217

Ergon grips had the most stupidly OTT packaging I’ve ever seen. Actually had a specially machined plastic shaft, & some posh stainless button heads to hold one of the grips. My workmates couldn’t believe it.

i had the exact same thing this mornin

crown race in an a4 sized box!

You can all send your CRC boxes to me. They are perfick for my business, but unlike CRC I fill them.

Same size box for a headset spacer.

CRC used to be better at this.

I’ve had two tyres delivered with just some tape holding them together and an address label.

Same box for a front mech shim, but at least my invoice didn’t have a nasty fold down the middle, nice and flat at the bottom of the box!

I had the same for a bottle cage. I can only assume that someone at crc has crouched the numbers and this is cheaper for them than lots of different sized jiffy bags.