Here is an amazing example of excessive packaging that if accurate would take the cake for the most egregious example we've seen. An Australia-based user, on the popular site Notebookreview.com claims that HP delivered a power cord, complete with a wooden pallet.
Alpena, Arkansas. Alpena is a town in Boone and Carroll counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The population was 392 at the 2010 census. The Boone County portion of Alpena is part of the Harrison Micropolitan Statistical Area. Contents.
Wilson and other citizens of Pulaski County in 1951 began to approach the U.S. Air Force to locate an air base in central Arkansas. The citizens of Pulaski County raised funds and purchased the land near Jacksonville to donate for the Little Rock Air Force Base, which was activated on October 9, 1955.