This is a FULL box of soap powder?

[Brandane]

I know we need to expect some "settling of contents" from the factory; but really? This is a newly opened box of soap powder...

It isn't any more than 2/3 full. Nearer 1/2 full.
Yours etc.,
Concerned of Ayrshire.

 

[I like Skol]

Have you weighed the contents?

 

[Brandane]

Have you weighed the contents?

Tried, but the powder keeps falling off the side of the scales.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Dissolve 2 scoops in warm water and consume. Will ensure immunity from all viruses. Along with Vitamin D3.

the powder keeps falling off the side of the scales.

Use an Amazon box of similar size to allow an estimate of the box's weight, and subtract.

 

[fossyant]

Normal that.

 

[stephec]

Sold by weight not volume, there's probably an e mark next to the declared weight to confirm it.

Although considering the amount of boxes produced, how much could the manufacturer save on cardboard if the reduced the height of the box by 2"?

 

[stephec]

This reminds me of a guy I used to work with who seemed to moan about the lack of crisps in a packet everytime he opened them. 😄

 

[Ajax Bay]

how much could the manufacturer save on cardboard

Larger box gives flexibility in packaging element of manufacturing process to use the same dimension box for different weights of product, varying over time or product line, which outweighs the potential savings in material.

 

[ColinJ]

Probably deliberate to try to fool customers into thinking that they get twice as much for their money!

 

[Nibor]

you probably would find that when it was packed they needed a container that size for the weight of product and it has settled considerably.

 

[Brandane]

Use an Amazon box of similar size to allow an estimate of the box's weight, and subtract.

Great idea . I've just ordered a spare quick-link from Chain Reaction, it should arrive in a suitably sized box.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Make sure the quick link box is full

 

[Brandane]

This reminds me of a guy I used to work with who seemed to moan about the lack of crisps in a packet everytime he opened them. 😄

Yeh, and don't get me started on the size of Mars bars in those 4 packs once you've removed all the packaging.

 

[Ajax Bay]

size of Mars bars

OT: "Mars Bar's current size is another surprising revelation, having increased 4g since the 1960s to reach 65g in the 1990s. But that was its peak: it’s since shrunk back down to 51g."
Bitd there was a long term offer in the local market (and no doubt elsewhere): two proper sized Mars Bars for 10 pence (bought individually they cost 7 pence (rrp). Trouble was that, buying 2 for 10p wasn't a saving; for obvious reasons, unless one was prepared to surrender the second to a friend and judged your genoerosity would be recognised as worth more than 3p (I wasn't).

 

[stephec]

Larger box gives flexibility in packaging element of manufacturing process to use the same dimension box for different weights of product, varying over time or product line, which outweighs the potential savings in material.

I know that Amazon use only a couple of sizes to speed up packing, although having seen their packers in action I'm amazed that they are still able to differentiate between them at the speed they work.

For boxes though a modern cartoner doesn't take long to do a size change on, although I suppose it could be that the supplier of the boxes sells them cheaper in one size rather than different ones.