Comments on: FedEx Furniture

FedEx Furniture

XQUZYPHYR — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:53:54 -0800

By: jeremy b

jeremy b — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:59:17 -0800

If only Chuck Noland thought of that.

By: mullingitover

mullingitover — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:05:38 -0800

Nice to see the site is back up. I was beginning to think FedEx was going to get away with invoking the DMCA over this, which is of course retarded.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:07:35 -0800

He could have done with some

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:08:23 -0800

Oh, of course don't click that if you want to read the latest Harry Potter book at some point. Sorry.

By: Skwirl

Skwirl — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:38:30 -0800

I saw this website a few days before it was taken down and I wasn't particularly surprised when it was, but, then again, I was a copy jockey for FedEx Kinko's until a week ago. They could have seen this as a PR opportunity and turned this kid into the next Jared, but I'm sure they're mostly hung up on the fairly petty fact that he stole all those boxes. (i.e. they're not freebies. They're included in the price of an Express shipment.) It'd at least be a step up from the asinine FedEx Kinko's commercials they were running a while back. Anyway, just a reminder to everyone to avoid corporate copies, mm'kay. They treat team members like shit. The markup on services is obscene. Just hire a friggin' temp to fold your envelopes or a local graphic designer for your business cards who *really* *really* needs your money and not the 90/hr graphic design that gets sent to India for pennies anyway. And although much ballyhoo is given towards quick turnaround times, it's not guarenteed. Plus, the training for FedEx at Kinko's was a joke. It was rolled out like an afterthought, we did less than a dozen hours on the computer for training and that was pretty much it. Every few days I'd have a shipping question that I couldn't answer when the specialists were off the floor (which is often because they provided very little extra staffing when FedEx rolled out.) and I'd ask five or six other team members and we'd all have no clue. Talk about not professional. Also, even the lowliest copyboy has to sign away a huge chunk of creative works, but few coworkers even bother to read the contract's handbook because it's so huge. The copyright policy is schizophrenic. We're trained to practically shut the copier down if you're copying your mother's recipes without a permission form, but, in reality, it would be impossible to do and it's mostly left alone. I'm sure the FedEx Furnature t-shirts were a red flag for the Kinkoids who were asked to make them. Odds are that they would do them on the downlow and get a big laugh, but you've got to pass that kind of work off to another shift because of how craptastic the training is and most people can't run those machines. Further reading.

By: clevershark

clevershark — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:43:45 -0800

NOTE: I do not reccomend fedex furniture if you are looking to impress a date. You don't say?!?

By: angry modem

angry modem — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:50:12 -0800

FYI, UPS has free boxes for "sale" on their site. Just look for the 25kg and 50kg international boxes. Considering how laughable UPS's service is, it felt good to use 8 25kg and 8 50kg UPS boxes when I moved last December, at their expense.

By: hyperizer

hyperizer — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:07:44 -0800

I think it was down from a Slashdotting.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:41:40 -0800

It was both DMCA'd and Slashdotted. What's the trifecta here? I found this hilarious, because in college art class we had a cardboard furniture module. I made a chess set on a table, but ran out of time to make chairs. It's not bad to look at, but it's currently gathering dust in the attic. (My other module was more fun. We built "What the Butler Saw" peep shows using Barbie dolls.)

By: tarantula

tarantula — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:24:07 -0800

that's some ugly ass shit

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:19:25 -0800

OK, that's SO edgy! Tell me again what I'm supposed to feel about this?

By: bendy

bendy — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:27:44 -0800

FREE BOXES!

By: rkent

rkent — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:38:34 -0800

It was both DMCA'd and Slashdotted. What's the trifecta here? Fark obviously. C'mon.

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:31:47 -0800

When did Kinkos sell out to Fedex?

By: delmoi

delmoi — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:27:37 -0800

Yeah, I saw a mirror when the page was slashdotted. That's some ugly shite.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:37:16 -0800

When did Kinkos sell out to Fedex? December 2003

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:22:52 -0800

Thanks kirkaracha. I was wondering. I recall reading about Kinkos years ago, as an employee owned business.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:36:20 -0800

Further reading. I agree with the complaint against the .com address. Why else get a .com address unless you're selling something, whether it's furniture or a less quantifiable yet still valuable "brand."

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:13:20 -0800

Where are all the people who decried the free USPS boxes? Now THAT was an internet scandal.

By: Debaser626

Debaser626 — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:50:24 -0800

whatever happened to "finding" furniture on the street? While I applaud this kids resourcefullness, I think a coupla milk crates (free), some cinderblocks (free if you're in an urban area), $15 bucks in wood, $1 in nails or some screws and simple household tools most people have or can borrow, would make a MUCH more stable and structurally sound desk. Also, if you spill your coffee on it, it won't disintegrate.