I would suspect costs would be higher ...
to cover the lossage of product in warehousing,
and other losses due to small size.
Consider the excessive Costco packaging .. they wouldn't ask for it if
it was not economically to Costco's advantage.
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On 6/28/2014 12:41 PM, Paul wrote:
I wonder what the price of cards would be if we didn't have to pay for
the excessive packaging...
-p
On 6/28/2014 11:37 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Bipin:
In preparation for our trip, I bought some memory cards, and was
appalled at the packaging waste as well—so much so I photographed
it. Consider the packaging on the left and the actual product size
on the right!
http://www.caguila.com/sd/content/_IGP8318_large.html
When my husband and I started recycling, excessive packaging become
VERY apparent, since all the paper and plastic headed to our
recycling bin—at least there is that recourse for consumers.
Cheers, Christine
On Jun 25, 2014, at 10:25 PM, Bipin Gupta <bip...@gmail.com> wrote:
Sharing info on the topic of providing a small storage case for
SanDisk SDHC Card through cost reduction of the giant packaging fot
the tiny card.
The official reply from sanDisk - see last mail - makes me think it
was sent to a village moron with no education or intelligence - why
SanDisk uses a giant sized costly packaging measuring 15 x 10 inches
for a tiny card. Read on:-
My 1st email:-
Dear Sir, yesterday the 22nd of June 2014 my son bought me a SanDisk
32 GB Ultra SDHC Card costing some CAD 31 for my DSLR from COSTCO. My
son’s name is xxxx xx xxxxx and his Costco membership # is
xxxxxx111813.
The tiny card came in a HUGE 26 x 38 cm packing which would have
costed quite a large amount of money.
But alas there was no Card Storage Plastic Case or Pouch included??
How do we safely store the bare card??
What a SHAME that a big and famous company like SanDisk should package
their Card in a huge and expensive contraption, yet leave out a little
box to hold the card safely.
That 26 x 38 cm packaging is a JOKE for a tiny SDHC Card.
I own some 5 #s high speed SanDisk Cards which all came in their
separate cases or pouches.
The card cases also come in handy for inserting small notes such as
“photos to be downloaded”, “format and use card”, or “ready for use”.
I will now have to consider purchasing other card brands for my DSLRs.
Thank you for your insensitivity and corporate greed.
Reply from sanDisk:-
Thanks for emailing SanDisk Technical Support. It is our goal to make
sure you have all the resources you need to get the most from your
product.
My name is Brad and I am one of the supervisor with SanDisk technical
support. I thank you for your valued feedback, this helps us to
improve our customer service. I understand that your issue has not
been addressed as per your satisfaction and I am sorry for the
inconvenience caused to you. I would like to inform you that we
provide plastic cases only with the Extreme line cards not with the
Ultra cards. I would suggest you to to buy the cases from any online
or retail stores. You can do a search for Jewel cases and you may find
them on Amazon's website. I will surely share your feedback with the
marketing team. Please reply if you need any further assistance from
sandisk.
My 2nd email as a reply:-
Hello Brad, thank you for the fast response.
I am afraid you have missed the point totally:-
a) What was the need for a huge and expensive packaging?
My God! a package size of 26 x 38 cm for a tiny card, when
a smaller 10 x 150 cm packaging could have been sufficient,
and the money saved used for a plastic case.
b) A giant packaging just eats up more storage space at your
warehouse and shelf space at the Retailer.
Who pays for all this wasted money? The Consumer Mr. Brad??
c) Please note other manufacturers of high speed Class 10 Cards
do provide cases.
In fact all my older SanDisk cards came with black pouches or
plastic cases. Now I don't remember whether they were Ultra
or Extreme cards - all semantics and a bad excuse wrt to Sl. a)
& b) above.
Thanks for pointing me to Amazon and more money.
Reply from SanDisk:-
Thanks for emailing SanDisk Technical Support. It is our goal to make
sure you have all the resources you need to get the most from your
product.
I appreciate your quick response. I would like to inform you that the
packaging size is 26 x 38 cm because of the information that has to be
there on the packaging. The terms and conditions and the policy
information for the customers has to be there on the packaging. We no
longer provides the plastic cases now with the Ultra cards. If you
need the cases then you can buy them from any retail or online stores.
Please reply if you need any further assistance from sandisk on this
issue.
I give up.
Thanks for reading.
Bipin
camp: Thornhill, Ontario
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