Utterly wasteful and annoying . @ Ed Many packing peanuts are no longer true Styrofoam -- recycled , biodegradable alternatives are now as cheap as Dow 's original oil-based product. zip drives ? is this a reprint from 2000 ? zip drives ? if you find a zip drive in it 's original packaging then leave it unopened. it 's only value is as collectible. can i do a complaint box posting about inane complaint box topics ? a hand held can opener can work around those plastic edges pretty quickly. i think there 's also a tool that someone sells. i agree with the poster about the twist ties. this year , the Moxie and Barbie Dolls my daughter received had not only half a dozen or so twist ties , pinning them down like Gulliver by the Lilliputians , but also had a pair of plastic ties embedded in the doll 's scalp connecting her head to the back of the box ! fortunately i didn 't get cut while the dolls were beheaded or that would 've been gruesome .