https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/6548/overkill The ring that sits under the microwave plate bust so we ordered a new one. I figured it would just come in a large jiffy bag. I was as usual wrong but l do feel this is overkill.. (packaging courtesy of Comet) Outer box. 25 x 29 x20 cms Inner packingen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/64576?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:13:46 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:3e2fcfbd-0bc3-424f-b35d-47142bec1f3dRachel Jayne<p>That is pretty nuts! Not very environmentally friendly either..... <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/emotion-40.gif" alt="Hmm" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/64572?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:05:24 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7f82458a-abc6-4ad1-83f1-5d29c477b1aeNick Shackleton <p>I would say excessive!!!!&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/64557?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:23:21 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:277758f6-c4db-44a1-a285-df21ccc77ea3Jenny Cook RVN<p>wow that does seem a bit extreme caro...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/64550?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:10:11 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:b338ac2e-9de2-43b5-b732-c6cc5424f6afbongo<p>I agree about dunlops. they send a box, full of bubble wrap and shredded paper and whats in it...one small box of buprenorphine!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/64508?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:51:12 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:dd55e224-0625-4558-a193-3f3e1c49d7a8Vicky RVN<p>I ordered a new computer chair from Staples online.&nbsp; While i was there ordered a pack of paper to save me going to the shop.&nbsp; Chair arrives in it&#39;s box.&nbsp; No paper.&nbsp; The next day a large box arrives from Staples...i&#39;m thinking bloody hell what have they sent me, i only had 1 pack of paper left to come (don&#39;t have a clue why it didn&#39;t come with chair).&nbsp; Open box...inside is one pack of paper, all padded out!!!&nbsp; Yep, like paper is going to break!&nbsp; Beats me why they didn&#39;t just put it in a big jiffy bag of wrap it in brown paper?!&nbsp; And why they send a courier out TWICE when it was all one order?!&nbsp; No wonder there forests are being cut down and global warming is happening...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/64500?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:45:36 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:4e279bc9-1740-4d6c-8ce7-01c32dfaa464Anonymous<p>ha thats pretty impressive! I ordered a doll off toys r us for my friends little girl and the box it came in was about 10 times the size! thought it was pretty ridiculous!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/64391?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:44:03 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:1a06c613-f8a9-43c8-8afb-21f695ebcd41Claire Cameron<p>[quote user=&quot;Maisy&quot;] <p>Overkill indeed! If any of you use NVS do you find&nbsp;excessive packaging&nbsp;happens with them too? The amount of times something like a small bottle of vetergesic for instance was missed from the main order, so gets sent separately in an enormous cardboard box is unbelievable!</p> <div style="CLEAR:both;"></div> [/quote]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>We had some IV catheters sent from Dunlops recently in a carrier bag, within bubble wrap, in another carrier bag that was then placed in a cardboard box?! necessary?</p> <p>EVERYTHING seems to get packaged seperately, carrier bags for every individual item</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/64390?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:41:57 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:15f7683d-0936-4d81-86eb-94203027bbe1Maisy<p>Overkill indeed! If any of you use NVS do you find&nbsp;excessive packaging&nbsp;happens with them too? The amount of times something like a small bottle of vetergesic for instance was missed from the main order, so gets sent separately in an enormous cardboard box is unbelievable!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/64389?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:41:29 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:6d8b3198-a429-446b-9539-8c75a7e1ab55Claire Cameron<p>Almost as bad as Dunlops. </p> <p>They use so much packing it&#39;s unreal</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/64377?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:44:36 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:3c244812-4902-4f8b-8150-2223e3bf8612Mac Feather<p>Thats packaging gone doolally!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/64373?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:55:50 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:0f1237a1-57ee-4085-a7c1-4416f3a82efcSandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA<p>Definitely overkill Caro</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>