"Oh, you shouldn't have!"

[Mike Lopez]

...I get the whole brand thing but I've always thought it was crazy how much influence on the bill of materials the packaging can have. I had to spend less on materials and process so the marketing guys could have their packaging and still meet the necessary sale price that they pulled from their rear ends.

As a consumer I don't want to pay for that stuff recyclable or not. I'd rather have more substance to my product than the experience of the packaging and presentation. I know...Get off my lawn right?

Speaking of recycling. Typically it takes roughly a month for my SO and I to fill our recycling bin to the point I'll take it out to the curb. Recently the daughter and granddaughter have been staying with us a lot and the bin is full in a couple/few days with amazon and other assorted boxes and packaging materials. Then I'm asked to put the stuff in my truck and take it to the shop to use the recycling bin there which is a violation of the terms of my lease.

It's a strange new world out there!

[OtayBW]

The packaging on the new(er) Assos S7 line of bibs (Equipe, Cento, Camionissimo, etc.) comes with some pretty obscene packaging. There is this 'multi-fold-origami-kind-of-a-box' and a book that was many tens of pages long as I recall. That said, it had more of a 'functional' feel than the Rapha which just seems like something glammed up to make you feel special about the quality of their...well, er...water bottles.

[johnmdesigner]

After all this "gilding the lilly" you still have to pay for shipping and bad Fed Ex shipping it is. 8 days from Portland, OR to NYC. In another transaction last week my seller used USPS shipped from California to NYC took only 4 days.
But perhaps the anticipation is part of the plan.

[adub]

Dude, you ordered Rapha water-bottles, what did you expect?

BTW- they expect you will only fill them with Acqua Panna, or the warranty will be voided..

[estilley]

Originally Posted by adub

Dude, you ordered Rapha water-bottles, what did you expect?

BTW- they expect you will only fill them with Acqua Panna, or the warranty will be voided..

Yeah don't even think about filling them with San Pellegrino...


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[charliedid]

Use the return label and send back all the waste.

[DarkStar]

Originally Posted by gasman

All that packing for two water bottles ? What a waste.

Agree! And more cost to buyer.

[Steelman]

Next time buy a couple of ordinary, down-market, Elite bottles ($10ea shipped). Then use the savings to fund some environmental concern, or perhaps pay a protester.

[rallizes]

Have you visited the Soho location?

[buddybikes]

10.00 extra for paper packaging, it is a Camelbak Podium.

[adub]

And my mistake- when you pay $15+ It's a bidon

[johnmdesigner]

Originally Posted by adub

Dude, you ordered Rapha water-bottles, what did you expect?

BTW- they expect you will only fill them with Acqua Panna, or the warranty will be voided..

Please I'm not your dude.
After all it's better to drink ze Kool aid from yes?

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by deechee

Apparently you've never received packages from Japan... and these examples aren't even that bad...

HA.."and YOU can find someplace to throw it away"..remember, there is somebody sitting at a desk somewhere doing this by hand, all day.

[El Chaba]

Originally Posted by adub

Dude, you ordered Rapha water-bottles, what did you expect?

BTW- they expect you will only fill them with Acqua Panna, or the warranty will be voided..

I think they are supposed to be filled with Pellechino....It's a new prestige brand of water that pretends to have a long, storied history in Europe but is actually sourced in China....

[Jingle Jangle]

Originally Posted by rallizes

Have you visited the Soho location?

I have, it's probably their 'flagship' store. Spitalfields is 'round the corner from where I work, and I often go to the market for a bite to eat at lunchtime.

The Rapha store is a good place to get a coffee and pastry, and watch the world go by.

Strangely, my last purchase, other than coffee, was a pair of water bottles for my trip to L'eroica in October. I got a discount for buying a pair, they were actually quite cheap. No packaging though, just got handed a pair of bottles.