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I feel like I’ve been unwillingly tossed into one of those “Conversion analysis” things that appears on the Lunametrics blog from time to time, and I hate it.

First of all, I’m looking for a box. I have two of them already. They’re file-sized boxes about 8 to 10 inches deep with long, oval holes. I’ve found they’re great for mounting onto the wall with some 3M command hooks. I’m pretty sure that the brand on these boxes was Rubbermaid. I saw some similar items at the store made by Rubbermaid, but not the exact boxes I’m looking for. I’d like to buy some.

What would you do in this situation? There is, or at least was, such a brand as “Rubbermaid Office Solutions” but if it’s still being maintained, it’s not accounted for on the Rubbermaid site. There’s commericial solutions, laundry, kitchen, medical… but not what I’m actually looking for. Following the trail to Newell, they reveal, basically, that Rubbermaid-branded office products do exist, but fail to say anything more.

Trying a different tactic, I searched for Rubbermaid USB hubs, and found a company called Eldon. No problem there, except that they neither seems to sell USB hubs, nor file boxes. Clicking along the company’s downright bizarre description of their corporate structure (as a consumer, I really do not care one iota that Rubbermaid household products are manufactured by a sibling company to the people who make office doohickeys). Finally, I managed to get information on something that resembles what I’m looking for: Eldon sells things which are pretty similar as both “Rogers” and “Households” I suppose at this point I get to try putting part numbers in Amazon to see what pops out, since there’s no information at all on how to get any of these products anywhere in sight (they have a list of distributors and retailers off the home page of their site, but the first link I tried was broken).

This is entirely too complex for something that should just be a matter of walking to a local store and paying cash for a relatively small item.