Golly Geeesers!

This is the sound of me trying to OPEN a toy or a DVD. Why do they have to be HARD WIRED into their packaging? It is so hard to open a simple toy anymore. Forget putting the toy together; if you haven't broken it by the time you cut away the plastic binding and unwrap all the coils of wire and then unscrew the BOLTS holding it in place - you are about ready to send it flying across the room or smash it to bits. In addition to not forgeting the batteries - today's toys also require pliers, screwdrivers and scissors to remove them from their packaging. It's enough to make me want to give up buying new and start shopping the local thrift shop for gifts. Gently used probably means the toy lost its interest long before the packaging was ever removed so it hasn't even been touched - only someone has endured the painstaking process of opening it for me...and I really LIKE that idea. More time to play and less hassle. Amazon.com is my favorite store for like new items :) I have gotten many used DVDs that are perfectly fine - just don't have that stinking sticky tape around every blooming edge! How come they put that stuff on there anyway? It's in a plastic wrapper! How can anyone open the case??? That's called theft if they get past the wrapper isn't it? So frustrating. And they wonder why we don't want to pay 19.99 for a DVD. For that price they should open it for us.