I'm not exactly sure why it's stuck. I can hear the little lock clicking when I go to unlock it -- the lid just will not lift up, no matter how hard I pull. I've tried wiggling it, holding it upside down, pushing down on it and then to unlock it, pulling it off at an angle...everything I can think of (besides smashing it -- but I don't really want to do that because it contains some really nice glass items).

I don't think that it's stuffed full -- but that's certainly a possibility.

I read that review, and no luck.

I even found one of the maker of the toibocks comments on how to get it unlatched when it becomes stuck, but that just doesn't seem to be helping . As toibocks aren't being made anymore, I don't think she's on the site anymore...but I sent her an email looking for help, anyway.

I'm just really pissed, because it has like $500 in it, that I really NEED out of it asap.

Thanks, Kindred. I'll try sending her a message there, too.

I'll try that... fingers crossed that it works!

I don't think I'll be storing anything else that I actually care about in there again... too much panic when it won't open.

You could try placing something very thin between the screwdriver and box to try and prevent damage to the wood. I'm not sure how much room there is, but you could try something like sliding a dime under the screwdriver head.

Wow! Hopefully you can get it open. I would have just taken a hammer to it..

wow, that sucks. I'm nervous about mine now

I ended up having to more or less having to break it. Nothing else I did would work... No clue what in the world was causing it to get stuck, as it turns out that there wasn't really anything stuck in it. It just... wouldn't open.

I'm still pretty upset about having to break it... that box was expensive, and I had it for less than a year! It still looks decent, but... the whole reason I bought it was because it locked. And now I can't put the shelf in, because if I do... it'll get stuck. Oh well.