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mrmopar
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I was in a mood to do some minor venting and I had been thinking about this from time to time, but had never taken any time to actually put thought to keyboard until now.
Without any other basis besides my own opinion, I believe I am pretty accurate in the reasoning for this change, but maybe I am assuming the worst and that is not the case at all. This topic is probably old news too, but I don't recall seeing it mentioned, so here it goes one way our another:
I can't help but notice that nearly all of the new bubble mailers I get now from the mail are impossible to open without destroying them. The glue is ultra sticky to the point of ridiculousness! The flap tears off if you try. I suppose you could cut the top 1/8" or so off and just tape it shut, but the flap gives you a sense of privacy and security. What happened to "be kind to the environment"? I remember recycling mailers back in the day when they cleanly and easily opened. You'd slap a new label on, tape the flap shut and move on to the next trade or sale. This could feasibly continue until the mailer was transformed into a near solid ball of packing tape. There are even some new mailers that advertise a 2nd use out of them, but I have on more than one occasion received one of these where the sender didn't seal it right and used the 2nd seal as the first. My theory is simply that bubble mailer manufacturers DO NOT WANT YOU TO RE-USE THEIR MAILERS now and do their best to make it inconvenient, if not down right difficult, to do so. They want them destroyed once used so that a new one has to be purchased. Seems reasonable to think this is why, but if you believe otherwise, please feel free to share your thoughts and/or any back-up to argue otherwise.
I don't mail out a lot of stuff anyway, so this is not a major concern of mine, but it is just one of life's minor inconveniences that makes you want to complain when all else is great. This is by no means an endorsement to minimize real issues either. Our complaints are typically relative to our financial position in society and as trading card collectors (especially these days when it is no longer a kids hobby), most of us are probably doing well enough that we are lucky not have to complain about more real issues.
Without any other basis besides my own opinion, I believe I am pretty accurate in the reasoning for this change, but maybe I am assuming the worst and that is not the case at all. This topic is probably old news too, but I don't recall seeing it mentioned, so here it goes one way our another:
I can't help but notice that nearly all of the new bubble mailers I get now from the mail are impossible to open without destroying them. The glue is ultra sticky to the point of ridiculousness! The flap tears off if you try. I suppose you could cut the top 1/8" or so off and just tape it shut, but the flap gives you a sense of privacy and security. What happened to "be kind to the environment"? I remember recycling mailers back in the day when they cleanly and easily opened. You'd slap a new label on, tape the flap shut and move on to the next trade or sale. This could feasibly continue until the mailer was transformed into a near solid ball of packing tape. There are even some new mailers that advertise a 2nd use out of them, but I have on more than one occasion received one of these where the sender didn't seal it right and used the 2nd seal as the first. My theory is simply that bubble mailer manufacturers DO NOT WANT YOU TO RE-USE THEIR MAILERS now and do their best to make it inconvenient, if not down right difficult, to do so. They want them destroyed once used so that a new one has to be purchased. Seems reasonable to think this is why, but if you believe otherwise, please feel free to share your thoughts and/or any back-up to argue otherwise.
I don't mail out a lot of stuff anyway, so this is not a major concern of mine, but it is just one of life's minor inconveniences that makes you want to complain when all else is great. This is by no means an endorsement to minimize real issues either. Our complaints are typically relative to our financial position in society and as trading card collectors (especially these days when it is no longer a kids hobby), most of us are probably doing well enough that we are lucky not have to complain about more real issues.