My Earth Day Thought’s (SCREW YOU DELL)
April 22, 2008 by Christian
Here is a nice thumb drive shipped from Dell in a Box that can hold probably 1000 thumb drives.
(pic from Giz)
We waste sooo much in this Country, the linking article shows soo many good points. This item was shipped cross country most likely. Using Air, truck, and hand delivery. This box takes way more space in the airplane causing less room, more trips, more fuel, as well as more room in the UPS truck, again, more trips, less room. I mean true, dell probably sells this for less, but by the time it gets to your door, you saved 2 bucks and just contributed to about 100fold enviorment pollution then buying at your local best buy or electronic store.
DYING WORLD
Not your fault, you don’t think about these thing’s when you see a cheap item online. It’s the Giant companies i think that should be FINED and Liable for these mistakes, that’s what is going to have to change is Regulations put on these companies… I’m sure their paychecks to congress saves them more money that buying multiple box sizes, and just use one for most of their shipping.
POINT!!! - We can try to be more eco-friendly as a Consumerist, but it is all for NOTHING… It’s the big companies that HAVE TO CHANGE, not us.
Word, Christian.
yes
the big companies have to change
or else that would mean you should turn off and unplug the 3000 gadgets you are currently running in your apartment
Well, we all know that would lead to my imminent death!!! Those gadgets are hardwired to my heart.
“enviorment”
LOL!!!!!!!
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. It looks like the packaging in question came from one of our third party vendors. We hold our vendors to very strict standards, and are working closely on reducing the amount of packaging they use when making these small shipments. We will come back here to post updates on our progress as it happens, or you can follow Direct2Dell’s Environment page [direct2dell.com]. We rely on continued feedback from customers like you to let us know which areas require our attention. Thank you again for alerting us to this.
Todd Dwyer
Dell Community Liaison – Environment
y2kers.com…changing the world one post at a time
wOw. You have made Earth Day really ROCK! No more wasteful packaging for me! I am so proud of all the y2kers!
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