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Originally Posted by Chris Gohlke
Clamshell packaging evolved as a way to deter shoplifing in the retail environment.
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But does it really deter shoplifting? There's been quite a bit about "boosting" (gangs of "professional" shoplifters) in the news lately, and they steal carts of stuff.
Also, even a casual shoplifter could get around this. For example, at a store like Target, you take in one of those plastic Target bags in your pocket with a receipt from another purchase made prevously. Once you're by the item you covet, you take the bag out, drop the item in and walk out holding the receipt. Unless they check your receipt (like Fry's or Costco) or somebody saw you, the packaging hasn't helped a bit.
(If the above paragraph is considered too encouraging of crime, just delete everything after the first sentence.)
I found the packaging so annoying that I bought a
special tool to help open clamshell packaging (not that one; they used to sell a different one). It's worked OK sometimes, but once I gave myself a pretty bad cut on the packaging (not from the blade).
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Originally Posted by Chris Gohlke
Hopefully the cost savings in packaging will offset the cost of having two different types of packaging and more companies will jump on board.
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I hope they'll also get rid of those horrible strips on DVDs and CDs, but I think those are there for a different reason. They allow people to remove the shrink wrap (for gift giving, for example) without compromising the ability to return the items.
Steve