Sorry if this is the wrong subreddit, but I'm not sure where else to ask. I recently ordered a reconditioned laptop and when I opened it, a small package of Skittles candy was included. It's not something I would have thrown in when shipping a laptop, so I wonder what the reasoning is.

Aside from the seller bribing me into a good review or celebrating Halloween early, my favorite hypothesis is that it's meant as an indicator of whether the package reached high temperatures while in transit. The candy is indeed melted together into a solid mass. The laptop boots OK, but I think the battery is bad.

Anyway, if anyone here has ever decided to add candy when shipping electronics to strangers, can you please tell me why?