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Stan (the Man)
 
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Default FYI--vacuum-sealer bag bargains



Steve Wertz wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:54:49 GMT, "Stan (the Man)"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Steve Wertz wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:12:18 GMT, Walter H. Lewis III
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Try here! cheepest I've found yet
>>>>
>>>>http://www.dessicant.com/channel_bags.html
>>>
>>>
>>>They can't sell the channel bags anymore. Tilia's lawyers made them
>>>stop.
>>>
>>>I tried placing an order in May. Nada. Zip. Zilch. got a note back
>>>saying I'm ass-out.

>>
>>I wonder if that's why the Black & Decker bags have attached inserts,
>>rather than crosshatching right on the bag itself.

>
>
> Probably. I beleive dessicant.com manufactures the bags for Tilia.
> Since Tilia has a patent on the bag, Sorbent Systems (dessicant.com)
> can't be selling them out the back door.
>
> If somebody (B&Decker) were to come up with a significantly different
> design, that would keep the patent lawyers away.
>
> I hate Tilias market monopoly. The bags are overpriced (gotta pay for
> all those infomercials somehow). Hopefully the B&D bags (as well as
> the system) put a dent in their sales.
>
> -sw


They will, if I have anything to do with it.

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