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Update: Painful Packaging Gets Easier

November 3, 2008 RSS Feed Print

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Last month, an Alpha Consumer reader wrote in to complain about how difficult it is to open plastic packages. Toothbrushes, flash drives, toys -- they all come encapsulated in material that seems designed to prevent the buyer from accessing the goods.

Well, here's some good news: Amazon has taken notice. Today, it announced a campaign against so-called "wrap rage." Through partnerships with manufacturers, it is working to make its products easier to access. For those in the mood to complain, Amazon is also collecting stories and videos about just how frustrating that plastic can be.

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Finally, the world's most pressing problem is being addressed.
If we all just pull together we can solve the problem of opening packages.
Then such minor problems as war and peace, economy, prices, jobs--you know, all those pesky little things--well, we can sort of begin to think about some of them.

HillbillyBill of TN 9:41AM November 04, 2008