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December 23, 2006 12:03 AM
Broken: Zalmar.com gift wrapping
Jeff Grobaski writes in:
I ordered a TV from Zalmar.com and took advantage of the "gift wrapping" option.
Not only did they "gift wrap" an LCD TV purchased in the month of December in BABY WRAPPING PAPER, but they wrapped it on the outside of the box and simply slapped a UPS shipping label on the wrapping paper!
The result is that my now my wife knows what she is getting for Christmas and now she thinks we might be having a baby as well!
Heh, that's actually pretty funny, but only because it didn't happen to me. Baby themed paper in late December? Sure it might be for a shower or something, but chances are it's not...
that's so stupid, i mean, what happens if the UPS guys accidentally make a hole in the box (which has happened to me a couple of time) or if the paper scrapes off?
And couldn't they have at least attached a bow and a To:/From: name tag?
btw third!
Couldn't you just leave the UPS shippings label on the package? It doesn't say "LCD TV" on it, does it?
Still broken though, both for the baby wrapping paper and because a gift just doesn't look right with a UPS label on it.
In reply to the post above this one, I want to point out that it's "Merry Christmas," not "Happy Holidays." Merry Christmas!
And dude, you're maybe gonna wanna have one of your wife's friends explain the whole "are we having a baby" issue to her.
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I could understand using the box to save on shipping costs, but that's not right. They should at least have a way to remove the label AND tell you ahead of time that you shouldn't unwrap it because of the way it's done.
btw, first!
Posted by: mussorgsky112 at December 23, 2006 01:44 AM