Now, I know shoplifting is a serious problem for retail to deal with, but have you tried to open a package for oh, pretty much anything lately? You either need a pack of wild ferrets or Arnold’s knife from Commando just to make a dent. This is ridiculous. How does making a package tamper-resistant on store shelves make things any better when it also turns out to be ‘opening-resistant’ to customers who purchase it? Or maybe it’s designed to frustrate shoplifters so much they’ll return the thing?
This seems like two-steps forward, one step back for the industry. Most stores already have metal detectors and $4 an hour rent-a-cops at the exits, is anyone really getting out of the store with this stuff anymore? Only value-add I see is a raise in Johnson & Johnson’s stock price, seeing how as I’ve tripled my Band-Aids® purchases for all the cuts I got in trying to open these damn things.
(DISCLAIMER: No fingers were cut in the opening of this package. Tools used to open: Fiskers® and one beat-to-shit Sears Craftsman® flathead screwdriver.)
Tags: advertising, brands, viral, clamshell packaging
3 comments:
I HATE that kind of packaging. It's what forced me to finally break down and get a leatherman. (Ultimate irony was needing said leatherman to get open the leatherman's stupid tamper resistant packaging.)
Rightthehellon!
I have just the tool for opening up clamshell packaging blister pack and any other kind of packaging Without any risk to person or product.
See the Klever Kutter @ www.safecutters.com.
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