Dear Thrift Store Worker:
Hi there!
You know I love you, right? I mean you make my thrifting dreams come true so very often. If it wasn't for you, I never would have found some of my greatest treasures.
I would be without my cool typewriter collection, my vintage cameras and many many more great items.
For the most part, you look out for me and my vintage-loving thrift store shopping friends. But, I gotta tell you something.
Packing tape.
The kind you use to bind all my vintage treasures together?
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| (My lovely croquet set. Sigh.) |
Yeah, let's talk about that.
It's got go. Got. To. Go.
I can see where it would be enticing and a little exciting to just keep circling my items with packing tape. Again. And again. And again.
And again.
Let's make sure that lid on the Pyrex bowl is not going anywhere. Ever.
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| (Oh, look, they carefully put the balls in a plastic sack so we wouldn't lose any) |
But we really have to break your love affair with the roll of tape.
You know I can't resist buying something at a great price, but when it takes me an hour to dismantle the tangled maze of tape off my vintage Cosco folding step stool . . . it's too much.
When I have to spend an eternity using a q-tip and Goo Gone to carefully get the sticky reside off my set of china . . . it's too much.
When it rips the paint off my lovely croquet set . . . it's too much.
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| (Nice job of taping the ever living heck out of the painted wooden handles. They never had a chance.) |
Just lay off the tape. Please.
Signed,
President and CEO, Thrifters For A Tape Free World
P.S. We can talk about using black grease marker to tattoo prices on the front of books some other time.
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Melissa
AMEN!
Kerin
Oh, dear. That's too bad that they use tape at your favorite store.
Have they never seen the packaging cling wrappy stuff on a spool ??
Smiles 🙂
K.
TARYTERRE
I hear you, loud and clear. It annoys me too. And don't get me started on the books.
Deanies Stash
Well said! Now if they would just listen.
Fairhope Supply Co.
Amen, and amen!!!
Angie Forte
Oh, thank you for putting it out there! I've had several great finds ruined because the packing tape pulled off paint or paper covers or whatever. I used to buy vintage board games but I gave up because the cool boxes were covered in packing tape :`(
Twinkle Terrior
Absolutely !! Thrifting = heavenly!
Marissa
Awe.. I know exactly what you mean.....
Vicki@MorePowerfulBeyondMeasure
Preach it Girl!! I agree with every word! They could come down on their prices if they didn't have to keep buying tape!
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
The tape on your croquet set is ridiculous! My pet peeve is tags on paper...book covers, boxes, etc...
Musings from Kim K.
Amen to this sermon!!!
Mick
i think the worst is price tags or whatever is used for pricing and it tears off part of the item.i HATE that!!!!
CherryPicked
I agree! However, a blow dryer works wonders and saved me many frustrations. It works awesome on everything from the crazy goodwill price tags to the tape. It heats the glue and makes it easily to take off. Hope this helps 🙂
Sherry
Finally! An answer to the packing tape irritation. Hope it works on plastics.
Sharon @ Blue Willow House
The amount of tape used at most thrift stores should be a punishable offense but the worse is pricing with markers that cannot be removed.
Shelley Kuhn
staples in vintage linens....NO!!!
~Lavender Dreamer~
I can't even bear to talk about this subject....masking tape prices on the front of an old leather Bible, black magic marker with the price on items and it is ingrained! And on and on it goes. What a shame to ruin something that's in such good shape! GGgrrrrr! Hugs, Diane