All The Ways Your Online Orders Were Horribly Packaged
Overpackaged or underpackaged, there is no in-between.
ITEM: ANTIQUE MARBLE CANDLESTICKS SOLD BY: PRIVATE MARKETPLACE SELLER
Sent in a Frankenbox made up of a pre-used padded envelope and a poorly rinsed milk carton taped together. Inside, each candlestick has been wrapped in nothing more than the seller’s optimism. There is some void fill: receipts (one of which shows that the “antique” candlesticks are in fact West Elm), gently used kitchen roll, a 1970’s beach towel with lewd motif, and an abundance of cat hair, despite the listing stating that the candlesticks came from a pet-free home.
CONDITION
Good as new. The marble candlesticks have ground each other down to their original form: limestone. The seller has asked for them to be returned in their original condition before issuing a refund and assured you that Margot is a peer and not a pet.
ITEM: HAND-THROWN CERAMIC MUG SOLD BY: ARTISAN MAKER
Your address has been hand-painted in watercolor calligraphy. Inside the parcel, there’s a thank-you note engraved onto a piece of driftwood, which also doubles as a wine bottle holder. With the aid of Google Street…
