Friday, December 5, 2014

A Dollar Well Spent

A couple of years ago, I decided to augment my CD collection, and started watching for specials at Barnes and Noble.  Sometimes, when they have a coupon, even if there is not something I really think I want to buy, I browse.  I rarely buy a CD full price.  Usually between the coupon and the membership discount, I save enough that it is equivalent to taxes, sometimes, the savings is even more.

Well, one day at the counter I noticed a display of clear little plastic boxes, labeled
"CD opener"  So, for a dollar, I bought one.  It is a little round plastic device with a slit, about the width of a CD, that has a blade in the bottom.  It slices through the shrink wrap.  And, a second slice takes it through the sticky label beneath the shrink wrap.

I am old school.  Give me paper, scotch tape, and string.  I do not know the secrets of getting through shrink wrap and plastic bubbles and clam shells.  That is very wearisome for me. 

But this CD opener is great.  It was a dollar well spent!

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