What do diapers, Aladdin and an orange juice squeezer all have in common?
It’s December, which means it’s time for the obligatory end of year list documenting the Top 10 of something. In honor of this tradition, YouRenew sorted through the phones, laptops and calculators to document the ‘Top 10 Strangest Items Received in the Mail’. None of the senders were paid to recycle, but all of them will forever be immortalized in YouRenew’s Hall of Fame for People Who Need to Be Asked, “Really?”
Top 10 Strangest Items Received in the Mail
A countdown from least to most bizarre.
#10 Prototype Nokia Phones (never made available to customers) – not much to say on this except, keep reading, it’s about to get weird.
#9 Apple knockoffs: fake iPods, iPhones, etc. — We know these are fake because when we ask for Siri, we get her voicemail. (lolz!!)
#8 Land-line phones — basically antiquated.
#7 Large C & D Cell Batteries — some of the most useless batteries around. Thanks.
#6 Inkjet Printer — slightly more useful than the batteries. Note to sender: please send us the ink now.
#5 Pocket Calculator — c. 1970. You think we’re joking, but we’re not.
#4 Wrist watches — including this $1.5 million beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, now we’re joking. YouRenew has yet to receive a wristwatch worth more than 50 cents.
#3 Orange juice squeezer — great addition to the office kitchen.
#2 Packing material in the form of: an unopened pack of Lay’s Kettle Cooked Maui Onion chips and an (unused) diaper.YouRenew Operations Technician, Jason Weber, who helped compile this list, had this to say about the diaper, “I’m not sure if their intent was a symbolic statement, but the phones were definitely ‘refuse’.”
#1 Disney VHS Movies — it is incredible that more than one person has thought of sending Disney in, in particular. What is the thought process that has led so many to the same conclusion? Can anyone explain? At one point, the (sadly) underused YouRenew VHS (to repeat, VHS… as in, a tape you put in a VCR player) Library stocked, among others, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King.
Thank you to our more creative customers for making this list possible.
Happy Holidays from YouRenew!
