*Warning* Product Packaging Complaint Thread! Add your gripe here:

[In_The_Wind]

It's difficult to unwrap the lovely lil eggs!

[miss_american_pie]

1. Have you tried to open a kid's toy lately?

It's not a pretty sight.

[In_The_Wind]

5. I know!

A kid can get hurt! :scared:

[miss_american_pie]

7. Or a parent could lose their mind

after fifteen minutes of unwrapping twist ties while listening to "Mommy is it open yet? Mommy? Is it ready? Now? Why can't I have my toy? Daddy, she won't give me my toy..."

:banghead:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

9. LOL!

:hi:

[In_The_Wind]

12. OMG !!! Yes !!!

[ChoralScholar]

25. Twist ties nothing.....

I bought my little boy a cool little car that goes when you press a button or whatever. Anyway, this car was on plastic stands. The stands were attached to the box with two SCREWS!! Then, the stands were attached to the car with four screws on EACH!

What the hell.. it was a 10 dollar car... what are they protecting it from?!?!

[miss_american_pie]

33. Screws?

Oh my sweet lord.

And I know, it's the cheapest toys that have the most packaging. I just don't get it.

[purr]

10. That just drives me nuts -

I take clips and I just go at it where they're connected to the toy at. I understand the point of deterring shoplifters - but damn, this is deterring me and franky pisses me off.

[Pithlet]

23. Ugh!

I was ready to kill someone after Christmas.

[LaraMN]

56. Yeah. When a five dollar Barbie is zip-tied to the box like Ken went

bondage-crazy on her ass, it's rather irritating.

[realisticphish]

57. you know

the guy that puts those ties on gets perverse pleasure out of it...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. It takes a century to unwrap candy canes!

All you've got is this little bit of plastic to pull at...I always have to break out the scissors!

:cry:

:hi:

[In_The_Wind]

6. The canes often get broken in opening!

:hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

8. Yes....

:grr::grr:

:D

;)

[Kali]

28. That blue smiley is cracking me up

I think I was sitting here for 10 minutes howling. Tears!

[In_The_Wind]

34. Thank you. I love to entertain DUers with smilies.

[CabalPowered]

3. All rigid plastic clamshells that are thermally sealed

should be banned at once.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

4. Oooh yeah...Those make me angry.

:grr:

[In_The_Wind]

11. Absolutely!

I hate getting plastic-cuts more than paper-cuts!

[GOPisEvil]

15. Seconded!

:mad::grr:

[blondeatlast]

18. I can't count the number of times I've injured myself on them. nt

[LostinVA]

31. It took me 20 minutes to get into a USB cable package!

The clamshell would not come undone. So, I Had to saw through with a knife, which was dangerous to both my fingers and the cable. And, the clamshell was JUST big enough for the cable, so there was zero extra room, to cut.

A SEVEN DOLLAR CABLE!!!! Not drugs, not a $400 MP3 player, not anthrax spores... a CABLE!!!!!

WTF?????

[CabalPowered]

44. They're a boyscout nightmare

No way to slice it without the blade going in every direction. I picked up a cheapo band saw at a tool trailer sale and I'm thinking that's the ticket.

[LostinVA]

45. Maybe on of those fancy drills from "Mission:IMpossible" might work

[ThoughtCriminal]

46. I've paid more for the same item to avoid those

ARRRRRRRRHHHHGGGGG!

[JitterbugPerfume]

13. anything that is shrink wrapped

is pure hell on over 60yr old fingers

[In_The_Wind]

14. I agree with you!

My fingers will be over 60 in a few years.

I guess that's why one of my favorite kitchen gadgets is a jar/bottle opener that looks like an alien wrench with teeth!



:hi:

[JitterbugPerfume]

16. YES--a jar opener

is the best thing invented since husbands ( which I do not have )




husband, that is

[In_The_Wind]

17. LOL ~ I have two.

jar openers

[blondeatlast]

19. Anything sealed more than once "for my protection."

Seal the damn box of Tylenol; leave the bottle alone or vice versa.

[tyedyeto]

20. Triple sealing is good for your health

Good finger exercises.

1. Open the carton... easy.

2. Trying to open the outer seal gives your heart a little kickstart.

3. Heart rate then soars when trying to open the inner seal.

4. Everyone in the vicinity gets a lesson on profanity.

[blondeatlast]

21. LOL!

:rofl:

[bridgit]

22. i hate it when they wrap the Hall's cough drops while still moist...

the paper sticks to the damn thing and it's better to just toss it x( and find one that comes apart without adding a headache to the ongoing malady as well

[In_The_Wind]

29. Yep! Plastic or foil isn't very tasty.

They both set my teeth on edge.




:hi:

[trof]

65. Right! Especially if they're a little..."aged"?

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. CDs

I about lose my mind getting the plastic off.

[ChoralScholar]

26. Here's one I've noticed lately....

What's up with the freshness seal on Peanut Butter. I mean, it used to come off in one piece didn't it?

Now, I pull the little tab, and I take off the top layer of paper and a little of the foil... then I have to peel the rest of the freaking paper off the top of the jar.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

38. Those are awful, too

:grr:

[leftofthedial]

27. all that rigid molded plastic crap

I love it when the object is encased in molded plastic, then that is put in form fitted little styrofoam blocks, which are then fit inside a box, which is then wrapped in plastic.

[In_The_Wind]

41. more plastic, more recycling

I hate styrofoam peanuts!

[Nikia]

30. You have to be an athlete to open Gatorade bottles

Some of them are tighter than others. I have had trouble opening some of them. Twice, I even got bruises on my hand from my attempt to open them.

[LostinVA]

32. That happened to us last night!

We had to get a tile cutter to cut the "threads" a little more.... Over ten minutes for a frigging glass of water and ptassium...

[Beware the Beast Man]

35. The new easy-pour spouts on half and half cartons!

Easy-pour, my ass, unless you mean it's easy to pour the contents all over the kitchen counter. :mad: :rant:

[In_The_Wind]

36. That's one of the things that annoys me too.

If something works ~ why do you try to improve on it.

[MiniMandaRuth]

37. CDs!

W.T.F?!?!?!?

i just want to hear my damn CD!!!!!!!!!! I know I don't have an iPod yet, SO STOP MOCKING ME!!!!!

[Blue Diadem]

39. That nasty little pull seal on the bleach

I bought a house brand bleach and under the cap it had the little paper seal with a little strip of plastic to pull it off. I had to pull so hard that the bleach splashed over the edge.

[In_The_Wind]

49. I rarely use bleach and I really hate spilling it.

I have that same problem with several pull_to_open products. x(

[Blue Diadem]

50. Luckily I had it sitting in the sink

because it was so difficult to pull loose. Ketchup is another of my pet peeves with those pull top protectors. I usually end up getting a sharp knife to help it along.

[In_The_Wind]

51. 1/2 & 1/2 containers!

The pop-up pull thing comes out along with a dollop of cream!

[Blue Diadem]

55. It seems they're really doubling up on protective wrappings

The last squeeze mustard bottle I opened had the plastic shrink stuff over the plastic clear hard cap. I removed those and the mustard wouldn't come out. I had to unscrew the pop-up cap and pull another seal off.

[JitterbugPerfume]

52. You shake and shake the Catsup bottle

and none comes out


and then a lot'll:crazy:

[Blue Diadem]

54. We use the larger squeeze bottles 'cause my granddaughter

could eat nothing but catsup if we'd let her. She puts it on everything.

She has the habit of not opening the bottle until she has it upside down and then she flips open the lid and it tends to squirt sideways..hitting whatever might be in its path.

[arwalden]

40. Adhesive Tape "SECURITY DEVICE INSIDE" On DVD Boxes... Then...

... those damn locking flip-tabs. But only after you've spent 3 minutes trying to get through the shrinkwrap without destroying the box.

[DawgHouse]

47. Oh I HATE opening new DVD's!

[Deja Q]

42. I hate it when men add socks down their trousers...

Wait, what type of package are we talkin' again? :rofl:

[In_The_Wind]

43. That would fall into the Truth In Advertising category.

Nope no padding in the packaging unless stipulated.

[Lorien]

48. Too MUCH packaging on too many products

I went to a grocery in Switzerland a few years ago and was pleasantly surprised to see many of the same products in minimal packaging (example: bottle of aspirin; small bottle without a giant wad of cotton, and no outer box)! They took up far less space on the shelves and wasted far fewer resources. Plus, you know exactly what you're getting.

[JitterbugPerfume]

53. at my supermarket

they wrap pre wrapped meat in brown paper <sigh> so when i get home and try to put it in the freezer I got all of this stupid brown paper plus the origional packaging to FK with

[kick-ass-bob]

58. I can't believe no one has said: CEREAL!

The new fucking plastic bags that are hermetically sealed instead of those old -what were they -wax paper? bags inside the boxes.

Jesus, if I can open one without ripping the bag half way down, I have a freaking PARTY!!

[In_The_Wind]

61. You have a whole lot of company on this one.

One of my house mates is sooo bad with opening bags we've ask him to use scissors instead of pulling or ripping.
It's saved a few big messes, wasted food (the 2 second rule isn't allowed in our house) and numerous zip-lock storage bags.







party on for better reasons

[Magrittes Pipe]

59. My car door was not labeled with the warning:

"Caution: do not open into little girls' heads."

She cried, and everyone in the school parking lot looked at me like I was a bad daddy. x(

[In_The_Wind]

62. That was especially true about the Taurus.

If the damn door caught a breeze it had a life of its own!


:loveya:

[mikeytherat]

60. Shrink-wrap on graham crackers -- what was wrong with wax paper?

Fifteen minutes to open the damn pack of graham crackers, or risk smashing and exploding them everywhere!

The damn string-pull on Tidy Cats litter. They manage to get about a half-pound of litter under the flap, which spills out as you pull the string!

All sealed clamshell plastic (especially for computer and A/V cables - the worst)!

mikey_the_rat

[Throd]

63. SPAM

The god damned pull tabs snap off without peeling off the lid. I then have to open it with pliers.

[In_The_Wind]

68. That does sound like a problem.

[otohara]

64. The Waste, The Oil Used - GRRRRR

Proctor and Gamble is on a quest to fill every land fill in the world with all their throw away products.

[MadHound]

66. There has got to be an industry standard applied to DVDs

Let's see, outer shrink wrap, no problem. Sticky "Security Device Enclosed" stickers on three sides of the box:grr: Flip tabs to open, and then my biggest pet peeve, how to get the damn DVD off the spindle:grr::grr::grr: Do you poke in the middle, grasp the sides, spin it to a certain position, poke tab A whilst pulling on tab B:wtf: It's just insane!

[NV Whino]

67. Let's not forget the price stickers or logo lables

on jars, dishes and various types of hardware. I mean, permanent adhesive for something you know has to be removed? Why????

I've been know to return items in plastic shells or shrink wrap or with labels I can't get off. And I tell the clerks to send the product back to the distributor/manufacturer with a note as to why it was returned. Don't think it has done any good, but it makes me feel better.

Oh yeah, and the child-proof medicine bottles. Any child over the age of two can open them with no problem. It's the 60-year-olds who need to get into the package who can't open them.

:grr: :nuke: :grr: