We ’re fed up with heavy promotional material . We ’ve all experienced those oyster - similar packing material materials , where even the shrewd knife in the drawer wo n’t put a dent in them . Then you get out the industrial - strength pruning shear , make a few cuts , and the final result ? sherd of plastic that are sharp than a scalpel . The folks at Wired have put together a diatribe about the condition of consumer electronics packaging today , and it ’s a satisfying read :
From Psyclone electronics cables encased in impenetrable level of thick plastic to DigiPower camera battery coat with packaging several times the size of the point itself , the backbreaking part of buying electronics these days is enter the product when you get them home . In many case , it makes solving Halo 2 seem like a kindergarten project .
In honor of this packaging incubus , Consumer Reports has create the one-year Oyster Awards , shaming the Godhead of the hardest - to - unfastened packages . It ’s no wonder hospital emergency room cover significant increases in deep lacerations from Cartesian product promotional material during the week after Christmas . sure as shooting , product fabrication require to make it so that products are hard to shoplift , but this is getting absurd . Commenters , any packaging repulsion write up ?
tarradiddle From Packaging Hell[Wired News ]
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