Have a look at this video, the reason you get packages the size you do is explained from 3:15
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/195823/
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/195823/
coomber":28e4b1iv said:They have been good on the few times I have used them but their packaging is ridiculous. I got an A4 sized box about two inches deep for a pack of lizard skin frame protectors. The wasted space must have been 95% of the box size.
Similarly had some tubes arrive in a box inside what was nearly a shoe size box. As they are paying postage it doesnt bother me too much but is surely wasteful and pointless.
jamabikes":8unykb35 said:the box size is a pain as it wont fit through the letter box BUT the boxes are excellent for posting other stuff, using as small parts boxes, as a filing system, and a million other uses
the pro's out weigh the cons for me.