Who Thought This Invention Was a Good Idea??? Not I.
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……just what is this called anyway?????
I call them GBR, or Gift Bag Ruiners, the hang-up tab that helps the merchant display the gift bags but destroys the bag for the consumer when said tab is torn off….always unsuccessfully.
Take a darling gift bag…..which, by the way, costs a fortune today…..
Then try and remove the tab…..
In this instance, I felt fortunate not to have ripped the entire handle apart, which is what usually happens. I “merely” ruined the look, not its usefulness. Gee, lucky me.
Anyone who feels so inclined, please look up what this invention is called. I GUARANTEE you no woman thought of this.
I’ve given the bag away and forgot to look who made the bag but I’ve seen these tabs on all sorts of items so I’m guessing the maker of the tab is unconnected to the maker of the product on which it hangs? Agree?
End of rant.
I hate ALL those price tags and markers that won’t come off — honestly! is it that hard??
We are sisters separated at birth. I bought four adorable gift bags at the paper store in Mount Kisco, each bag hovering around the $5 mark. Each with this dopey tag. Three of the four bags ripped trying to remove the tab. And if you cut them off, there’s part of it left on the bag. Crazy. Ban the GBR!
Happy Valentine’s Day friend.
I leave them on and put ribbon around the handle, stoopid things.
And I discovered that buying greeting cards pisses me off too. $5 for a Hallmark card? Are you kidding me?? I bought vintage valentines at an antique store for $1.50. Grrrrr…
Happy Valentines EOS!
Smart girl leaving them on. That never occurred to me!!!!!
I went back to my kindergarten skill level and bought red construction paper and white glue to make my Valentine cards. One $3 investment can make alot of cards. I cut out hearts and designs from magazines. Voila, love on the cheap. I started out with the plan to buy cards, per the usual, but when one musical card was $9+, I put the pile down and headed to the craft store.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you too Maggie.
Heh, I KNOW these things are called “hang tabs”. The reason I know that is that my wife threatens to stick them to my clothing. They’re pretty much welded onto bags so I cut them off.
Two great ideas today. Maggie puts a bow on hers and your wife threatens to put them on your clothes. Man, blogging sure is an education.
I think these deceptively innocent-looking little translucent hang-tags are part of the apprenticeship program at the elite AFCP (Academy of Frustrating Consumer Packaging).
Once trainees have mastered a) stick-on labels that can only be removed with lighter fluid plus several fresh razor blades, they move onto b) CD jewel case packaging, followed by c) products sheathed in blister-packs so stiff that you can’t open them without the sort of box-cutter blade that can get you arrested.
Then, these hang-tags might form a sort of Bonus Question on the Final Exam: “Describe the specs of a hanging display device that is really cheap. Explain how to deploy it to display items that are relatively inexpensive, so buyers don’t think twice about whether or not it will interfere with their ability to use the product. Make certain that failed attempts to remove the hangtag are clearly the consumer’s fault.”
Then again, maybe I’m just paranoid :<)
Utterly hysterical. And soooooo true. One of the best comments ever!!!
add opening post-its to the mayhem. I am screaming at the pack, not able to even find the tab to start opening them.
Wht, thank you, EOS!
I love Betty’s comment, and I hate those things!!!
Interesting that the manufacturer’s think more of the store keepers than the consumers!
Good point. But the manufacturer got me and others to BE a consumer by how beautifully the bags were displayed, hanging. So they thought of the consumer. Just not how I had hoped!!