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By Lester Haines • Get more from this author

Posted in Bootnotes, 29th July 2009 10:43 GMT

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Let's hand over to Jay, who reckons CDW is no slouch in the cardboard department either, and offers "two Opteron processors, each alone in a ten processor rack, each rack in a separate (and far too large) box, both boxes in another (too large) box":

CDW packs two Opteron processors in a large box

Nice. Try Dave's USB key for size - something which ebuyer.com evidently didn't do:

Good work by eBuyer: One USB key in a very large box

Or what about signage? Just how much packaging do a couple of signs need, Matthew asks:

Two CCTV warning signs in an excessively large box

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