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bluecurlygirl · **Posted: 03-10-2008 , 11:37 AM** #16

Don't get me started on that one. I agree with everything on the previous posts and with the season of goodwill fast approaching, no matter how wonderful my christmas is, I always end up getting very upset and quite angry too at the amount of packaging on all toys. In fact this year I'm seriously considering that any toy I end up buying that I will remove the packaging before leaving the shop and hand it to the shopkeeper. After all I want the toy not the excess. Why should I pay say €20 in the shop and then pay more to get the packaging taken away? Why should I be forced to tolerate the production of this unwanted packaging in the first place anyway? Maybe if we all do this (a bit like sending the junk mail back to sender) the retailers themselves will put pressure on the manufacturers. Let's not wait for new legislation on this because if we're waiting on the Government to do something we'll be waiting in vain. Let's do it ourselves. From here on in everything you buy that comes in a box with lots of plastic and bag ties, take the item out and hand everything else back to the shop. Go on...

	Posted: 03-10-2008 , 11:37 AM #16
bluecurlygirl Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Big city of Belturbet Posts: 506	And Christmas is coming... Don't get me started on that one. I agree with everything on the previous posts and with the season of goodwill fast approaching, no matter how wonderful my christmas is, I always end up getting very upset and quite angry too at the amount of packaging on all toys. In fact this year I'm seriously considering that any toy I end up buying that I will remove the packaging before leaving the shop and hand it to the shopkeeper. After all I want the toy not the excess. Why should I pay say €20 in the shop and then pay more to get the packaging taken away? Why should I be forced to tolerate the production of this unwanted packaging in the first place anyway? Maybe if we all do this (a bit like sending the junk mail back to sender) the retailers themselves will put pressure on the manufacturers. Let's not wait for new legislation on this because if we're waiting on the Government to do something we'll be waiting in vain. Let's do it ourselves. From here on in everything you buy that comes in a box with lots of plastic and bag ties, take the item out and hand everything else back to the shop. Go on...