Fedex didn't expect this package mix-up

At a time when one Fedex is making waves, the real Fedex is upset because a guy has furnished his entire house using the Fedex cartons. Venky blogged about it some time ago. Fedex has now threatened Jose Avila and has even issued a Cease and Desist Order.

Necessity is often the mother of invention, and Avila needed a cheap way to furnish his apartment. When a friend of his sent him a picture of a desk made of Fed Ex boxes, he was inspired to make one himself.

The boxes were free, and he had a lot of them at his house since he did a lot of shipping for his job. So, he kept building. He made an L-shaped desk, a chair, a small bookshelf, a dining room set, and a bed — all of Fed Ex boxes and padded envelopes.

He was proud of his handmade furniture, and thought he could show other people who were broke how to do it themselves. So, he created a Web site called FedExfurniture.com.

I don’t understand why Fedex is making an issue out of this. Broken Kingfisher bottles adorn the exteriors of some factories in Bangalore. It is very rare to see people come up with such offbeat ideas.