customer told me to stick it ..............

This week a customer told me to “stick it”. I was talking to a moving customer about tape her complaint is “my tape does not stick” The tape comes up, I bought tape at 3 places “

She brought in her tape and was perplexed she said it won’t stick very well Is there something wrong with the boxes? I showed her why tape is one of the most important items one buys for a move.

Her tape was a shiny tape that had a sweet smell to it. It was a lower end acrylic tape. She had bought this from a major office supply store. I used some of her tape on a random box and quickly pulled the strip of tape off the box. Very little material from the surface of the box was on the tape. The low quality adhesive does not adhere as fast.

This type of tape is very poor in humid conditions. The lower quality acrylic tapes also break down in a shorter amount of time making them poor for items being stored for long periods of time.

I then used our tape in this case a natural rubber based adhesive. I showed her the great difference when I did the same thing there was much more material from the surface of the box, it adhered much faster. Quality rubber based tapes are great for all moving and storage conditions.

I explained why most quality tapes are pressure sensitive and should be used in a tape gun. She was under the impression tape is tape be it the 99 cent store or the various mass retailers. The fact that it is marked with a major company logo also is not a factor some of the poorest tapes sold at a retail level are from a major company.

In her case she left with a 6 pack of natural rubber based tape and 3 rolls of paper tape as well as a spring loaded tape gun. She left happy and also understood why the 55 yard Bargain tape she bought at a depot store was not worth half of the price she paid. Quality tape is a much better value. Here we use our products everyday. We use lots of tape on our outgoing shipments.

Even the most basic hot melt and acrylic tape we sell is better then almost anything you will find in an office store or mass retailer. We use what we sell.

For very humid conditions such as an enclosed garage a rubber based or even a quality paper tape is the best. We suggest rubber based tape or a quality paper tape if you are using used boxes or your boxes will be in long term storage. (more then a year)

The majority of moves though can use our value tape it’s a good quality tape and available In 3 and 6 packs to save you money. It’s on sale through the summer.

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