Bad packaging of Maçarico piri piri

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Here we have some exceptionally bad packaging of piri piri from the Portuguese company Macarico.

I have received a letter from Antonio Riberico Macarico, the president of Macarico SA about this film. He claims that it contains a veiled threat and that the matter is 'indutiably a crime'.

The packaging is the same used in all their products, according to him, and not once has their ever been a complaint about it. He states that I should have contacted them first (I did but their complaint form does not work - I suggest other people try their complaint form at www.macarico.com - maybe it is just me).

Macarico also points out that I did not show the jar before it was opened.

Macarico threatens me that if the film is not immediately removed then he will take legal and criminal action against me.

(I think that is what he is saying anyway as I have some difficulty in understanding the text of the letter.)

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• maçarico pepper
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[5micky2]

With this type of jar I normally use a screwdriver, placing the blade between glass and lid, and then I twist the driver slightly till I hear a pop.

[alanheath]

@5micky2 Unfortunately I did not have a screwdriver to hand.  What I did have was a knife but I failed to open it that way.

[FotoKadr]

Yup, I experienced that as well, but with Ukrainian products. I am fond of carrot juice and it comes in those big glass jars that have exactly the same packaging. What I found works the best is that you take a bottle opener and just lift the edges like you would with beer bottle and then try to open it. It always works. I think it has smith to do with the way it was designed because it's a pretty common problem.

[alanheath]

@FotoKadr Unfortunately I did not have a bottle opener to hand as I don't drink beer so I don't really need one. I tried a knife under the cap without success.

[freeneles]

There is now a lid available where this problem is not occurring anymore!

[alanheath]

@freeneles There are a number of solutions so that this problem does not occur!

[alanheath]

@TrueCourse Thank you! I tried that too! Normally I try hitting the top first though! Even after breaking it open I still could not remove the lid!

[TrueCourse]

Have you tried tapping (not too hard) the angled edges of the lid in quarters using a butter knife handle (or an equivalent), leaving slight dents. This should compromise the vacuum seal a bit and thus ease the opening of the lid. Hope this helps next time :)

[alanheath]

@10CPhil Having said that a retailer - and particularly a chemist - is no longer able to sell a product once the closure has been tampered with. They need to be returned to the manufacturer.

[alanheath]

@duessel135 Yes I did try that too. Normally once the vacuum is broken then the lid can be removed. Once I was unable to do that I punctured the lid but that did not work either.