Packaging, why is it designed so I can't get into it?

[tiggerai]

Just open the other end with your finger nail, and then remove the black bit. And hey presto!

Ah ha, therein lies the problem.

What finger nail I do have is now filled with squished banana skin today, making me look like I've been going to Pete Dohertys manicurist.

[sammyc]

Tesco's have foiled you again eh

hahahaha (groan) haha...

When I got them home it took me three pairs of scissors and half an hour to get into them.

You seriously need to get a decent pair of scisors!

yes you will need new scissors.. I expect they'd be nicely sealed in plastic... bit of a problem... what with you having blunt scissors, & so on...

[pauldarkside]

Ah ha, therein lies the problem.

toes?

You could just bite the tip off then pull the skin back or use a knife. I've yet to see a bulletproof banana

[livetothemax]

You seriously need to get a decent pair of scisors!

I don't need a decent pair of scissors... I need my own laser cutter

[Blackmage]

What gets me is the blister packs, everything i seem to buy has it. There just more annoying then hard to open. Once i find that weak point i tear it open along with the instructions.

[matty-hodgson]

usually with those blister packs the best place to try and get ya fingers in is the place where they'd be hooked onto 1 of those racks.. and just pull at it, should soon come open



shame the picture isn't 800dpi..

[pauldarkside]

^not always an option - they can often be sealed to prevent that as well. Besides, it looks like that one's got blood on it from a previous attempt

[Guy]

Ive had this convo with Funkstar before . . .

Microsoft with any sort of 360 accessory are by far the WORST culprits at this.

Even using scissors to cut off a corner/side then trying to rip it open, ive almost broken pairs of scissors trying to just get through the stuff.

Funk if you wanna chuck (not literally) some Kitchen devils from your ridiculously large bulk work orders then it'd be much appreciated

[Funkstar]

i'll see what I can do

[Stringent]

I agree about the plastic vacuum packs. I needed a pen so I bought a parker which was in this stuff. I needed to use it in my car to write a card, thankfully it was a bit brittle at the top and I managed to get access nearly ripping my hands off in the process. My friend wondered why their card was stained with blood. On a get well card too! LOL!

[teachmech]

Vacuum pack is the worst to open.

If any of you have young daughters and they like bratz then you know the nightmare they are all sown to the card board and twisters as well. No child can deal with that!

[Funkstar]

Was I a strange child then?*

That was part of the joy of christmas, figuring out how to remove the toy from the packaging without damaging said packaging.



*there really is no need to answer that...

[tom18230]

Xbox 360 controllers *shudder*. It's damn annoying on christmas day when you set up your new xbox, and have to spend 10 goddam minutes trying to get the controller out. Damn you microsoft...you win again!

[pauldarkside]

Xbox 360 controllers *shudder*. It's damn annoying on christmas day when you set up your new xbox, and have to spend 10 goddam minutes trying to get the controller out. Damn you microsoft...you win again!

And they don't even give you any achievement points

[Flibb]

I always have a knife to hand, either a swiss army, or my spyderco pride. If you want a small knife to keep in a pocket, or bag then a swiss army knife is idel, and totally legal (just needs to be a non locking folder, with an edge under 3").
Lots of nice tools
Victorinox --- Heinnie Haynes - Knives, Pocket Tools and Accessories

[pauldarkside]

^Agree with that, been using those for the past 25 years or so and they've never failed to let me down - I always keep my Swiss Cybertool handy as their great for hardware stuff too especially with the Torx drivers.