Package from Amazon
What is wrong with the picture below, other than its terrible camera phone picture quality?
Hint: this is as far as the door opens.
Answer lies after the break.
Basically, the postman has access to a back panel from which he can slot things into any of the mailboxes in the same section. The package happened to be just the right size to fit into one compartment but he didn’t take into consideration of the piece of metal sticking out from the back of the front access panel. And if you had ordered from Amazon before, you would know that the packaging they use is considerably rigid…
I did manage to take it out in the end. But it wasn’t pretty.
October 2nd, 2007 at 4:52 pm
I thought the box was grinning, “HA you can’t pull me out now, lolololol”
October 2nd, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Hilarious.
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:18 pm
haha it surely is hilarious….
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:20 pm
lawl. poor thing.
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:26 pm
what was in the box?
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:09 pm
then how did it go in? @__@
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:10 pm
…oh.
I didn’t notice the…spoiler thingy.
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:43 pm
lol singapore.
So what was in it?
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Haruhi R1 Limited Edition Vol.3. It survived.
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Missed out on a golden chance to guess DM’s address
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:04 pm
“what was in the box?”
the fact you asked that means you need to think about your blogger a bit more… (hint – look inside the box you typed the message in)
Im expecting mine at work tomorrow. Hopefully, this time they wont send it to me in the triangular box they sent the Haruhi Volume 2 LE inside of…
(Results of their sending method)
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v41/abcyclops/haruhi/?action=view¤t=11-07-07_suzumiya2box_1.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v41/abcyclops/haruhi/?action=view¤t=11-07-07_suzumiya2box_2.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v41/abcyclops/haruhi/?action=view¤t=11-07-07_suzumiya2box_3.jpg
For those worrying, nothing was squished inside… The box is mostly fine now…
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:45 pm
My own mailbox is also like that and I feel your pain. That hasn’t happened yet but it’s been close.
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Haha. Ouch man.
Well, at least yours arrived. My first Amazon purchase is now proudly government property T_T.
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Oh yeah but it’s not the postman’s fault. Amazon boxes have been known to expand upon contact with atmospheric hydrogen dioxide, so it is no surprise a mere courier wouldn’t be aware of the quirks of modern physics.
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:30 pm
atmospheric hydrogen dioxide? what’s that?
you mean dihydrogen oxide right? (i.e water H2O)
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Haha tj han, I guess you are right.
Does it mean that we can request the town council for bigger letterboxes?
So DM is that thing in good condition or is it damaged?
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:39 pm
I got my haruhi limited V3 from overstock and it came in a while ago…. sadly I haven’t been home so I can’t watch it *sob sob*……… I can understand why they put the metal bar there….. but it seriously is oversized 8Þ…….. wouldn’t it’ve been so much easier to ask someone who worked there about the situation or was that even possible?
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:49 pm
its overbuild to stand abuse/prolonged usage i guess. and its part of the design to not allow junk/spam mail into your mailbox. personally i love it because i used to have loads of junk mail.
basically there are two types. the one which dm has and the one which i have.
dm has the panel at the back while mine has it in front on the same side.
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:50 pm
question, how do u order things classified “toys” from amazon jp? they dont ship to sg.. was considering amazon since they are slightly cheaper than hlj.. any suggestions or other stores?
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:37 am
i thought u made up the whole thing on ur own..seems like it’s not..
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:44 am
well…i tink the postman sure also took a hard time stuffing tat box in…he will be like ” the hell hu order such a big parcel? and not delivered to home but the mailbox? ” LOL~!
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:58 am
I Lol-ed even before I saw the spoiler. Hahahahaha.
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:07 am
I’m quite amused with the success of actually getting that parcel out XD
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:17 am
Lolz… never thought that such a parcel would get into the mail box… usually get thos little cards u have to sign… or go down to the post office to get… >_<
Maybe …. just to play a prank… i should send one back too… ^_^
can i get the dimensions of an average postbox off anyone…
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:29 am
Tsk tsk tsk. ._.
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:56 am
R1? Why not R2? Or did you already have the R2 ones and are now spending even more money on the R1s? Wow, rich dude. I’m satisfied with just my own R2 Haruhi genteibans.
But yeah tough luck on Mr Postman.
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:01 am
Oh and to add on, I’m not sure how u forced the thing out, but I think a good way would be to use a sharp penknife, a pair of scissors, some skill and patience. Although your neighbors may look at you funny while walking by, but once you spend some time in cutting out a hole (carefully of course), you can just pull out the dvd and bubble wrap before yanking out the empty box.
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Heheh…It’s Funny ^.^
How did you get it out then? brute force?
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Yes I do have the R2 limited edition DVDs… except for ep 0. Dammit. >_<
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Haruhi R1 Limited Edition Vol.3 — $44.99
Standard International Shipping — $4.99
Discovering that the package got stuck in the mailbox — PRICELESS
LOL~ Thank goodness i have never experienced that before. I usually use Vpost when i order stuffs from overseas. Not to mention that some Amazon marketplace merchant don’t ship overseas.
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:03 pm
My Amazon JP orders always arrive at my doorstep, not in my mail box.
October 4th, 2007 at 12:04 am
I prefer standard shipping. I actually like it when the parcel fits into the mailbox because I always miss the deliveries and have to go to the post office to collect them otherwise.
But usually they don’t put packages that size into the mailbox…
And DHL, which Amazon JP uses, is a bitch when it comes to a missed delivery. You either find the time to be at home to receive the package or you go to some remote industrial area to look for their warehouse.
October 4th, 2007 at 8:05 am
Ouch, that R2 limited edition episode 00 was selling hot like pancakes when it was out. I almost didn’t get it because I hesitated to preorder it, and before I knew it no more stock in the usual sites: Amazon, CDJapan, HMV.
But I was lucky I managed to grab it off YesAsia. Ducking expensive but I guess it was worth it.
October 4th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
That package is actually smirking at it being snugly fit into the mail box and at you being unable to take it out.
October 4th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Dun feel too bad. My R1 Haruhi Box 3 came like that also. Worse part is the LE box came slightly squashed…. The horror upon discovering it cannot be described
October 5th, 2007 at 1:14 am
Were you on TF2 earlier on?
October 8th, 2007 at 2:23 am
I learned long ago to stop ordering from Amazon JP after they cancelled standard shipping. Don’t you know there are other sites that ship from Japan that charge lower prices than Amazon even with shipping included?
October 8th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Hiya DarkMirage. I’ll probably have to crack my head trying to figure out how to take that package out of the letter box, right after I laugh my head off.
I wonder why they did not deliver the package to your home.
I received my Haruhi Volume 3 LE last Saturday. Luckily the postman came when I just reach home from work. The LE box was a lil squashed though but the damage isn’t that bad.
By the way do you get most of your DVDs from Amazon? I’ve been getting mine from YesAsia but Amazon already have Vol 4 for pre-order. Was wondering if I should pre-order from Amazon this time round.
Cheers
October 10th, 2007 at 9:06 am
LMFAO
July 14th, 2008 at 10:33 am
What if they sent him a metal box instead?