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.
Alpena District Court. Alpena District Court is one of the state district courts in Boone county. US 62 and US 412 join together and run through Alpena. Alpena lies right on the border with Carroll county. Alpena is one of the towns founded by the Missouri-North Arkansas Railroad in Boone County. It benefited from the decline of Carrollton, a town located to the West of Alpena, when some of that town's buildings were disassembled, moved, and reassembled in Alpena.