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locust ( 104 )
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Strangest shipping container.

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A few weeks ago I won an auction on the feebay for a couple of Heroclix figs. When I received them, I had to laugh due to the strangest shipping container that I have ever gotten in the mail. Frankly I am absolutely astounded that the Post Office accepted and shipped it. What is this mystery container, you ask?


A common soup can...

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That's it right there. This was taken after I had opened it, but the lid was taped shut with that rubber band around it. I had to laugh, but my stuff was fine, and there was no soupy smell. So I don't know what kind it was, though I did sniff at it to find out.

So, now I must ask. What is the strangest container that you have ever shipped or received an item in.

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Re: Strangest shipping container.

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LOL! That's is great! I am amazed that they let that in the system as well.

Well all my packages have been pretty tame compared to that. :wink: I did get a oatmeal box.... but that was about it.... the rest just normal boxes.

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I got a Wii system and games shipped to me in a box that originally housed an Artificial Leg...
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I've never received, but have seen, alot of big things shipped without boxes. golfclubs in airline cases. tires with out rims.

i'll think about it at work adn post more when I get home.

oh yeah, here's one. fish tank water in a tupperware bowl, put into a tyvek [plastic] bag. thelid popped off, go figure, and I got a bath in fishtank water. [i was working in Express Mail section.]
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porkuslime wrote:I got a Wii system and games shipped to me in a box that originally housed an Artificial Leg...
We have a winner!!!

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Re: Strangest shipping container.

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I had a miniature (a feebay purchase) shipped to me in a tall, narrow asparagus can.

I had a shipment from here sent in a clear plastic container (like a large rectangular tupperware style bowl). It was a cheap, fragile plastic and shattered to all get out. Everything arrived, though, because the entire container was covered in packing tape, so it held all the shattered little remnants together.

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