Comments on: Dear Black & Decker: What Were You Thinking?

By: The Summer of the Flower Explosion | Caryn Caldwell | The Book Lady

The Summer of the Flower Explosion | Caryn Caldwell | The Book Lady — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:27:25 +0000

[...] last saw action several months ago when I removed one those flashy stickers some companies like to plaster all over their products. And [...]

By: Barrie Summy

Barrie Summy — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:44:28 +0000

Yikes. Maybe it was a returned item??!

By: Caryn Caldwell

Caryn Caldwell — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:39:53 +0000

@Barrie – Lucky! How’d you escape that one?

By: Barrie Summy

Barrie Summy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:06:16 +0000

I got a Black and Decker toaster oven too! But it didn’t have any stickers on it.

By: Caryn Caldwell

Caryn Caldwell — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:27:57 +0000

@Chemical Billy – I’ve wondered that myself! I think the proper punishment for any wrongdoing would be to give them mounds of their own packaging and tell them to open it all.

@Alyssa – I agree. There definitely needs to be research. I mean, we can do all this cool, advanced stuff, but we can’t make stickers that unstick when necessary?

@Eileen – It does seem that way, doesn’t it?

By: Eileen

Eileen — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:51:29 +0000

I HATE how companies adhere these stickers. It is like they are trying to punish you for buying their product.

By: Alyssa Goodnight

Alyssa Goodnight — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:40:55 +0000

Love the new look of your blog–very crisp.

I’m completely on-board with your sticker-removal irritation. Someone should be heading up research in the ‘easily-removable-retail-sticker’ department, because serious strides need to be made.

But enjoy your toaster oven now that the offending sticker is removed–we use ours all the time.

By: Chemical Billy

Chemical Billy — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:49:09 +0000

Ah, brilliantly written! Thank you for expressing the frustrations of thousands.

Just this morning I was wondering, as I wrestled with a bottle of vitamins, do the manufacturers ever try to open these packages themselves?

By: Caryn Caldwell

Caryn Caldwell — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:13:48 +0000

@Keri – With all the people who are so clearly annoyed by it, you’d think they wouldn’t do it anymore, wouldn’t you?

@Stacy – LOL! As for ‘descaling’, gee, that sounds like a fun process. Bet you were glad to learn that that’s necessary!

@Virginia – Check your email!

@Mary – Thanks! It took a while to put together, but I’ve been happy with it so far. Oh, and I like the name Windolene much better than Windex. It’s got a nice ring to it.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:20:32 +0000

Your new blog is gorgeous! And the website too!
How I hate those stubborn labels. The trick I learned from my mum is to remove them with lighter fuel, that’s cigarette lighter fuel. It works a treat, but the fumes are, well, fumey. Next time I will try Windolene, the UK version of Windex, which is easier on the nose.