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March 07, 2021, 08:03 AM
Pipe Smoker
Peculiar package combos – added photo
In the small “automotive” section of my Kroger grocery I saw a peculiar package combo yesterday: a small screwdriver-handle type ratchet driver and a folding corkscrew to extract corks from wine bottles.

Hard to believe that many folks would be looking for that combo. Roll Eyes

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Serious about crackers.
March 07, 2021, 09:01 AM
V-Tail
Damn! I have been looking for that exact combination and there are no Kroger stores around here. Frown


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March 07, 2021, 09:46 AM
Eponym
And the ratcheting handle couldn't be used on the corkscrew? EDIT: I see that idea has already been implemented.
March 07, 2021, 10:45 AM
RogueJSK
Factory probably had excess corkscrews they couldn't get rid of (or the other way around), and by bunding them together, they can force someone who's buying the one tool to have to buy the other too.
March 07, 2021, 10:55 AM
Pipe Smoker
quote:
Originally posted by Eponym:
And the ratcheting handle couldn't be used on the corkscrew? EDIT: I see that idea has already been implemented.

Kind of… I’ve this “Puigpull Carjack Style Corkscrew”:

www.amazon.com/dp/B00DL6ZO3S/r...ZDSXF7XYM1S6VY4EHH9H

Its advantage is that it pulls straight up, rather than at an angle, as waiters style corkscrew do. Good leverage, too – multiple strokes to catch each ratchet point. I bought it for much less than this Amazon price though.


Serious about crackers.
March 07, 2021, 03:01 PM
Plugugly
I once saw a 24 pack of AA batteries that also contained a Tide detergent stain remover pen.
March 07, 2021, 03:11 PM
Flash-LB
quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
quote:
Originally posted by Eponym:
And the ratcheting handle couldn't be used on the corkscrew? EDIT: I see that idea has already been implemented.

Kind of… I’ve this “Puigpull Carjack Style Corkscrew”:

www.amazon.com/dp/B00DL6ZO3S/r...ZDSXF7XYM1S6VY4EHH9H

Its advantage is that it pulls straight up, rather than at an angle, as waiters style corkscrew do. Good leverage, too – multiple strokes to catch each ratchet point. I bought it for much less than this Amazon price though.


I've had waiters use this one on bottles of wine I ordered at better restaurants.
March 07, 2021, 07:33 PM
Fredward
I bought the stain pen/battery combo a few years back.
March 07, 2021, 08:24 PM
trapper189
Don't let Felix Immler see that. He might build a canoe or something with it.
March 08, 2021, 12:29 AM
KLGUY
You could attach a wine bottle for leverage
March 14, 2021, 07:59 AM
Pipe Smoker
For the “photo or it didn’t happen” folks:



I now see that the brand name is “Her Hardware”, so the target market for this package is women. Do you think that might explain why a ratchet driver and a corkscrew to open wine bottles would be packaged together?


Serious about crackers.
March 14, 2021, 08:11 AM
sourdough44
I think the idea being, after ‘she’ fixes something, she opens the wine to celebrate.
March 14, 2021, 11:34 AM
reflex/deflex 64
The Jimmy Buffet pack. “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw”


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March 14, 2021, 12:12 PM
bigwagon
quote:
Originally posted by reflex/deflex 64:
The Jimmy Buffet pack. “Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw”

Nailed it! Also ideal for bored housewives who need to hang pictures while consuming a full bottle of wine.
March 14, 2021, 08:15 PM
1s1k
quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:

I now see that the brand name is “Her Hardware”, so the target market for this package is women. Do you think that might explain why a ratchet driver and a corkscrew to open wine bottles would be packaged together?
That makes a lot more sense to me. It could make a fun housewarming gift for a woman buying her first place.