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August 23, 2005
Apartment Furnished With FedEx Boxes
TEMPE, Ariz.An Arizona man is proving that FedEx makes some pretty strong boxes -- he's sleeping on them, sitting on them and eating on them.
Jose Avila decided to get creative one day and started making furniture out of FedEx boxes.
He now has an entire apartment full of the furniture: a bed, a couch with hidden storage, a kitchen table and a computer desk.
However, when he put his idea on the Internet, FedEx claimed trademark infringement.
"I'm not selling furniture or trying to make a profit," Avila said. He said he's just trying to show people that it's OK to be creative when they're in a bind.
Avila said he will fight the shipping giant, if he has to, for the right to have his furniture.
For the time being, FedEx is refusing to deliver any more packages to Avila's apartment.
Avila said he's checking out UPS now, to see what "Brown" can do for him.
FedEx needs to get a grip! I hope UPS adopts this kid and his ideas and he converts to their boxes. Free advertising my friend. FedEx getting all up in arms about this kid, who is not trying to sell anything or make any money off his ideas, is completely ridiculous! Corporate America is just stupid. I bet if he was white and his hair wasn't pink it would be a whole different story.
Read more and see the pictures here.
Posted by Daffodil at August 23, 2005 4:09 PM
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