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spanky324
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TDCTDI
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Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: Buried in cardboard spam |
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| T Hollis wrote: |
"Wal-Marts" business philosophy from the "Get-Go." |
Not from the get go, but it has masterfully evolved into such.
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GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Buried in cardboard spam |
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| KTPhil wrote: |
| But some of us are educated enough to tell the difference. |
Nice! The "Those of us with superior intellect" defense. 
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Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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sb001
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Location: NW Arkansas
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: Buried in cardboard spam |
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| KTPhil wrote: |
It's amazing what (mis-)information you can learn on Faux News.
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Don't you mean "amazoning?"
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hitest
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Location: Prime Meridian, ID
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Buried in cardboard spam |
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| Randy in Maine wrote: |
| Recycled cardboard is worth about $140 a tons the last time I checked. |
Maybe- but taking a ton in to the recycler pays about $22.00 / ton. I think the last time you checked was in 2003.
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I wonder what the nut looks like.
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awreed
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Location: Kirkland, WA
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: Buried in cardboard spam |
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On a whim I Googled 'cardboard furniture diy'. Some people have way too much time on their hand. I'll continue recycling the stuff.
If you want your brain to hurt:
http://www.rawsolla.com/furniture/diy-cardboard-furniture |
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EverettB 
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Joined: April 11, 2000
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Location: Phoenix Metro
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| Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:08 pm Post subject: Re: Buried in cardboard spam |
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Let's not get into further political stuff here but if you want to read some facts about Trump & Amazon, here you go:
https://www.factcheck.org/2018/04/trumps-amazon-attack/
Thank you.
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| I have noticed that sometimes Amazon ships a small item in a huge box. I can only surmise that a computer program is determining that by using a certain size, shipping is cheaper (small is not always cheaper if the sizes don't pack well in a pallet/container). |
Yes, I believe it is all computerized for optimum throughput.
The futuristic version of "Packed by weight, not by volume" as seen on potato chip and other packages for a long time. 
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calvinater
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Actually if you like to garden look up "lasagna gardening" .
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vwracerdave
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:56 am Post subject: Re: Buried in cardboard spam |
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Amazon uses the size box they have. They may only have 12-15 basic size boxes. It is not cost effective to have hundred different size boxes for every size item shipped. If they are out of the size box they need to ship your item then they grab the next larger size box that works.
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notchback
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: Buried in cardboard spam |
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Amazon is a pet friendly company. Those boxes are forts for your cats.
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