[Fighting With A Vim]

Originally Posted by spartan dawg

I will personally, with my own two hands, murder whatever genius packaging engineer came up with those hateful hard plastic packages. I nearly lost a finger trying to get this damned mp3 player out for my mother.

I've been saying this for years- Clamshell packaging effing sucks

It's mostly defended on the grounds that it's a theft deterrent. Well, I'm sorry manufacturers, I'm not trying to steal it and please stop treating me like a criminal. For me, clamshell packaging is a purchasing-deterrent.