anyone else dislike 'magic' tape ??? Or other packaging dislikes??

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

I received 2 white border tobacco cards in today's mail. Both in sleeves, and in hard top loaders. They were taped to a piece of corrugated cardboard, with magic tape.

I hate magic tape when I'm trying to peel it off of something, such as a top loader. Anyone else annoyed with that? Regular glossy tape holds well and removes with ease. Magic tape is either as secure, or maybe less secure, but difficult to remove. I wish folks would use regular tape.


Over the years I've accumulated too many books. When my kids were younger they'd want to watch me open any package I'd received in the mail. They knew I'd received an 'old' book when I got down to brown paper tied with string. That is the way many antiquarian book dealers wrap their wares. You could sense the care they had for the book by the way the paper was folded, the neatness of the wrapping, the geometry of the string.

Sellers, please consider using glossy tape instead of the magic stuff. I'm not going to write on it when the cards arrive, I'm hoping to un-tape the wad of top loaders, and maybe reuse them.