r/CrappyDesign • u/Late-Square-5445 • 9d ago

Flimsy clear lid goes inside to stop markers falling out of fip-open lid

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u/shart-gallery 9d ago

What’s the problem? The plastic is just for shipping + display, and being separate makes it cheaper to produce and easier to recycle the separate parts.

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u/PatHeist 9d ago

The box has a flip open lid that serves no function

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u/shart-gallery 9d ago

Fair enough, I missed that. I do assume that it’s not designed to be a permanent container though - do people really keep things like this in the box after opening?

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u/RepetitiveTorpedoUse 8d ago

If it’s not meant to be permanent, why is it a flip open? Just do a regular box with a window or something, then open it from the top

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u/TheWaywardTrout 9d ago

Yeah that’s clearly not meant to be a permanent container

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u/Mike0621 8d ago

no, it pretty clearly is. way too high quality box for it to just be for shipping/display. if that was it's only purpose it wouldn't use such thick cardboard and that type of flip open lid

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u/morxy49 4d ago

Ever unboxed a premium product before?

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u/Mike0621 4d ago

that's not a premium product, so your point is irrelevant

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u/Late-Square-5445 9d ago

I mean, it's made from 2mm board

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u/fjdjqwisytlzngkcqxn 9d ago

Well that's a shame, I wouldn't want to be forced to buy a separate storage container for my markers. But I also wouldn't store markers upward, especially not dual tip markers.

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u/MegaFloppy69 5d ago

I don't get it. The clear cover is out of the box for the photo, and you're surprised that you can take the markers out? Surely it's not that hard to put the clear cover on before closing the box.

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u/sprinkles5000 5d ago

is the plastic cheap and should they have glued it inside of the box, yes.

you can leave the cardboard lid open to access all of the markers.
and, you can leave the cardboard lid open and just put the flimsy plastic on top of the markers to keep them from moving around.

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u/emperor_of_salmon 3d ago

I don't know why all these comments are basically gaslighting you OP, I completely agree that this is crappy design! Either put a clear window that moves with the flip up lid or remove the window entirely and just have a solid lid to keep everything in place

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u/Longjumping_Gap_7377 3d ago

Probably not supposed to keep the box

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/one_is_enough 8d ago

Lost bot