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[drizzellla]

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@geezerette wrote:

And for in-store purchases, they don't want to deal with possible product tampering and/or theft.

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Yes!

Last time I was in Sam's someone ripped open a box of Tide Laundry Sheets. And helped themselves to half the box.

Someone or several people go around and opens boxes on every isle. And help themselves to the products. 

Our friend works at Costco and has lots of stories to tell too.

Can't blame the vendors to try and protect their products.



PS I worked in a retail store that had 747 stores. They closed all but 21. Owning and operating retail stores is tough and you sadly see and experience things you wish you hadn't. 

The company gave us a figure of theft that was expected. We never came close to the "acceptable" amount. Maybe if the packages were harder to open there would be less empty ones on the shelves.

[Sooner]

If you don't already have one a good sharp and stiff putty knife works great!  The 1" size and the 3" are great.  They even make them bent, which is great for prying up flaps on those darned no-tape boxes Amazon likes.  

[Sage04]

I don't have a problem opening boxes. I use a box knife for that. Opening a jar I run hot water over the cap from the faucet. No longer have to tap it on the edge of the table.

As for Benadril, I tear off two of the tablets and I use a pair of scissors and cut it as close as possible to the tablets.

I'm glad about the extra protection the manufactures are taking with the packaging but sometimes opening them makes you want to scream.