Ordered 2 x derailleur jockey wheels from CRC; received them today in a cardboard box size A4 envelope ;; why 
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Have CRC gone loopy--excess excess packaging
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I ordered 3 pairs of socks (a set, all together) just a day or two ago. It came in a box that you could quite easily fit 2 pairs of shoes in.
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Yes, I've noticed this alot recently too. You used to get tires delivered wrapped up in a black plastic bin liner type thing. However, I got some tires two weeks ago, received them in a carboard box size horse box box enveloped. I had to open them in the street because the box wouldnt fit through my door/letterbox
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same here, ordered 3 powerlinks and they came in a big thick a4 box
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Maybe they've taken advice from screwfix. Once got a silicon spreading thingy set about the size of a cassette tape... in a box about 500mm square.
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Same for me. Ordered something that wasn't fragile and would've fitted in a standard envelope. Was a bit miffed when I had to go to the post office to pick up a shoe box size box that wouldn't fit through my letter box. Forgot to complain about that one.
Looking forward to see what size box my forks come in, something to look forward to!
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I too get sjipped items in boxes that are mostly filled with air, using many times the cardboard needed. Another irritant is the items that come in the thick, heat sealed plastic that could stop a 30mm armor-piercing round--finally bought a battery powered cutter from Black & Decker that makes short work of getting them opened up
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Sorry to repeat thread
however this excess packaging is really wasteful and stupid. I see cycling as a sustainable activity; there`s a golden rule about recycling which is : REDUCE ; REUSE; RECYCLE; CRC should look to REDUCE, it is ridiculously wasteful
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If you pay your packers on a "per unit" basis, they'll soon work out that it's quicker to have fewer sizes of packaging to choose from.
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no worries on the repeat thread mate,hopefully they'll take the hint, as stevemtb said, something that in theory could be posted through a letter box, would save the hassle of having to go and collect if you weren't in when the post was delivered.
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recieved a hope brake olive today its about 5mm long arrived in the standard A4 1" thick box... Mental!
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Less variants of packaging = less cost
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I got a pair of handlebars (EA70, which come in a solid box which i wouldn't have been bothered if they just stuck an address label on) in a fork box! you could have fitted about 10 handlebar boxes in it!
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Yeah coming a pain to have to keep visiting the delivery office for something so small (plus for someone reason Southampton Shirley seem to mislay them easily ??), think I'll have to start paying a few extra quid and support the lbs.
Guess from a shipping/storage/transit point of view it's easier to have several hundred boxes that stack and can fork lift easily etc... than several thousand odd shaped jiffy parcels...
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damo2567 surly less quantity of packing = less cost also
Maybe there is a packer who does not know the difference between mm and cm
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I got some gloves and lube in some triple layer and glued box rather than the normal jiffy bag. Box is now in the recycling bin but most be more to post.
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I ordered some powerlinks yesterday, cant wait to see the box size.
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Cycle computer wheel magnet delivered in A4 size box here!
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Rusty Mac - Member
damo2567 surly less quantity of packing = less cost alsoBut lots of variation means stocking and storing lots of sizes. And then the packer needs to be able to access them all, without taking too long.
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Same here - single rear wheel skewer in an origami A4 box.
Crazy as it will be increasing their postal costs too.
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I had a post mount adapter come in one of those A4 boxes.
I'm guessing the thickness is less than 25mm so they go as a 'large letter' via royal mail - still wasteful on the quantity of cardboard though
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I bought three powerlinks in a little bag and they came in a huge box.
They must be taking care not to fold the invoice.
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I got 2 DMR pedal bushes in a huge box the other day.
I think you can rest assured that they wouldn't be doing it if it cost them more. I can think of lots of reasons why it would cost them less however.
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ron jeremy - Member
I asked the same question yesterday
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I got a bag of powerlinks and a chain in a massive box. ffs.
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I fully agree about a single box and limited selection helping CRC packesr but in days when supermarkets are limiting isue of free bags CRC policy is going the wrong wayn environmentally
Many cycle products, eg lubes and oils spring to mind, use selling point of environmentally friendlyso CRC should be looking to what they do themselves IMOPosted 1 year ago # -
Surely the cardboard boxes are MORE environmentally friendly as they can be recycled, jiffy bags and bin liners covered in miles of packing tape cannot.
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1 pair of brake pads in an A4 box here. Stupid!
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[quote]Surely the cardboard boxes are MORE environmentally friendly as they can be recycled, jiffy bags and bin liners covered in miles of packing tape cannot.
what
s wrong with just a A5 manilla envelope methinks for small hardy items? Dont need jiffy bags etcPosted 1 year ago # -
whats wrong with just a A5 manilla envelope methinks for small hardy items?
Nothing
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I got 3 A4 boxes yesterday :
1 contained 2 tyre levers
1 contained a Camelbak bite valve
I contained a camelbak dryer.
...all 3 could have fitted in a single small envelope and gone through the letterbox
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Odd concept, but has anyone actually pointed this out to CRC?
It's daft, I agree, and maybe the management would like to know how much money is being wasted on packaging? (And probably postal costs too)
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1 contained 2 tyre levers
just buy them from a LBS
same goes for 99% of the small items in this thread
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The new folding box doesn't fit through our letterbox (it's a standard size letterbox) so if I order a small item from them it gets carded if I'm out when a little jiffy bag would have gone straight through.
That's the most annoying part for me.
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