Someday, someone will invent something that can ‘envelope’ small flat items so they can be shipped more efficiently. Until that day …

https://lemmy.world/post/40218206

On the other hand, Anazon once shipped me a lightbulb for my oven in and envelope. It came nice and flat, in many, many pieces.
You sure it wasn’t one of those “Flatpak” do-it-yourself lightbulb kits? I always thought they sounded a little out of my realm, tbh. Never was very good at assembling models…
The original Edison bulb we used to call em.