posted on October 22, 2001 01:38:00 PM
I didn't win the "oldest feedback" thread...
Couldn't top the "tampon" thread....
But I may have just found the most recycled shipping box on ebay!!!!
Received a shipment today (after waiting SEVEN weeks!) and the box looked obviously worse for wear with dings and crush marks and multiple labels partially torn off....
Figured the PO had been extra careful with this one and x-rayed and kick-tested it more than normal UNTIL I saw the shipping date:
Left Pennslyvania on Thursday the 18th and made it to Florida today (22nd!).....sure can't complain about 4 days!
THEN I run across one old label that was still intact: UPS dated February 3, 1985!!!!
I wonder just how many different places this 16+ year old box has been over its lifetime and how many times you can recycle one thru the various shippers??
Needless to say, I am going to put a $8.00 price tag on it and stick it in the VINTAGE section of my antique shop!
posted on October 22, 2001 06:34:48 PM
Use it again. Send the buyer an email telling him/her this story & hope they do the same if they make a sale.
Maybe it will come home to you again.
