@hchavers Yes, the big ones are a dollar. Smaller bags can be in 2, 3 and 5 packs. Plus you get to pick the designs. Only downside is you have to go to the dollar store.
Over half of these would go in the trash. At that point, I might as well buy bags from the Dollar Tree that are more brightly colored, and I can choose my own. They have some really nice bags now.
Did @matthew write up this description? Because I think I have found another math error, second in a week. (The first one.)
This description says
Choose how many 50-packs you should get by multiplying the number of people you care about by the average number of years you figure they’ve got left
Say I care about 10 people, who will average another 25 years. 10 x 25 = 250. So per the description, I should buy 250 50 packs, or 12,500 bags!
I think this was meant to be written as something along the lines of "multiplying the number of people you care about by the average number of years you figure they’ve got left, and divide by 50. In my example above, I would be buying 5 packs.
@bdb I have a quibble with both “corrections”! I can tell you what happened on this one.
The sale was first set up with two available quantities. That’s why this bullet even exists; it was about choosing between the packs. It originally said “Choose how many you should get” — i.e. choose how many bags you want, do you want the 50-pack or the other one — “by multiplying the number of people you care about by the average number of years you figure they’ve got left”.
When the other pack was eliminated, a different staffer edited the text to read “Choose how many 50-packs you should get”.
I’m sure at some level, somewhere in our organization, we (mildly) regret the error, but on the other hand it provided an opportunity for this direct customer engagement we’re having now, which is invaluable.
Can these double as barf bags, because every day as our politics speak I feel the need to find a bag. The same could be said of my responses to such societal stalwarts as Harvy, Kevin, and all the other jack-holes that are bringing down the humanity average.
@dave No. I would not use a mesh bag to barf in. That defeats the purpose of the bag. I was speaking towards the quality of this offering. Specifically what volume of projectile vomit are these bags able to corral.
@bleedmichigan@dave Technically, those guys are D-bags, not barf bags. Which makes me wonder: could these bags be used for such feminine “freshness” purposes?
A clip from the BBC showing how the rescue team extracts someone - worth a watch.
There is a rescue team that covers this area; the rescue team has a Youtube channel. They have a playlist about quicksand if you click here. I can’t vouch for these, my lack of time overwhelmed my curiosity.
This is the kind of deal on gift bags you can get post-holiday in any store, except you wouldn’t have to buy fifty of them, and you could choose the bag(s).
"Why would anyone purchase high-quality decorative paper just for kids to shred? To briefly cover up the telltale Meh.com shipping label on the box, forestalling disappointment until the last moment?”
In a word: EXACTLY! The kids still haven’t forgiven me for the time I admitted that I bought their gifts from Meh (even though they liked the gifts before they knew their provenance)…
Would love to pull the trigger, but I don’t use kid-oriented bags. If you have any left over, reoffer them as holiday package or kid package and I’ll happily buy multiples of the non-kid version.
Would have bought if it was gift wrap. Sorry Mr. Meh staffer, it’s just way more satisfying to tear open paper than to lamely pull something out of a bag. It just doesn’t feel like Christmas otherwise. To me gift bags are a symbol of not giving a shit.
@Al_Coholic And growing up my mom used to make us NOT tear open the packages as she smoothed out, neatly folded and saved the paper to reuse. When we were grown one of our bigger pleasures was both shredding apart the paper on our packages (which caused her to keep telling us to open the packages carefully) and also giving her as the last present) enough wrapping paper she is still using it many years later LOL
@Al_Coholic I wrap boxed gifts, but I use bags for oddly shaped ones. This year due to unexpected expenses, I’m going to be making ceramics for everyone (tonight, actually) so these will be going into gift bags. Trivets, bowls, cups, spoon rests, cell phone stands, or key minders for all.
@moondrake Ok, that is a rare exception where it’s alright to use a bag. Personally, I like to try to wrap oddly-shaped things anyway because I think it’s funny to see when people receive them. And I usually have plenty of extra boxes lying around during the holidays anyway, so if I really can’t wrap something I will usually shove it into a spare box.
My wrapping sucks I agree with tearing the paper open part so I usually just tape the heck out of the top of the bag… It still looks bad but. It is what my family has come to expect and I don’t want to disappoint or confuse them
@fairchild521 Fold down or pinch shut the top, use a hole punch to make a half dozen holes, twist three colors of narrow ribbon together and lace thru holes to seal bag. Leave long ends dangling, or curl with scissors. Same effect, nice looking. Or just punch two and tie a bow through with a length of lace or raffia. You can get raffia at any craft store and sometimes Dollar Tree.
Specs
Guaranteed bags:
Other bags:
What’s in the Box?
6x Popsicle bags
6x Frozen bags
6x Superman bags
6x Sophia bags
26x Random Gift Bags
Pictures
Warranty
90 day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 20th - Thursday, July 23rd
you guys are total gift bags no need to sell them…
also finally first!
There’s a rando item I didn’t really expect.
Do they come with gifts included?
@eeterrific Texas air.
50 for Friday!
I’d be in at $12.
Surely they’re not EMPTY gift bags
@massimoc That’s what I was thinking too… I want my refund!
Oh man, no way to resist.
/giphy fine-horrified-berserker
90 day warranty on gift bags?
No diggity
@0Wise1 No doubt.
Less Superman. More Batman.
/giphy Batman
@JT954 giphy knows a good Batman when it sees one.
Awww, I missed baby arm!
@sammydog01 Baby arms!
@sligett Maybe he had babies?
Lazy Christmas wrapping paper. No thank you. This Meh patron has some dignity left.
Meh. We have dollar stores here.
@ponagathos yeah, but these are 0.40 cents each. Can your dollar store do that?
@hchavers Yes, the big ones are a dollar. Smaller bags can be in 2, 3 and 5 packs. Plus you get to pick the designs. Only downside is you have to go to the dollar store.
The first part of the write-up speaks to me. Except I use building blueprints from work instead.
I do tear away the client’s information, though. At point, it’s just another office building floor plan.
@narfcake I occasionally use roadmaps. I feel like it’s fun and unique. Others feel like I’m too cheap to buy real wrapping paper.
@narfcake I kinda half-expected you to say cat-shirts.
You just got a lot of people’s hopes up for a few seconds, I have to imagine.
BAGS WITHOUT CRAP
Over half of these would go in the trash. At that point, I might as well buy bags from the Dollar Tree that are more brightly colored, and I can choose my own. They have some really nice bags now.
I appreciate that it’s different, but, meh.
duh…
Seriously?
I come here to buy shit to put into gift bags, not for the bags themselves
@Lazarpandar are you bagging on our bags?
/giphy Baggins
Did @matthew write up this description? Because I think I have found another math error, second in a week. (The first one.)
This description says
Say I care about 10 people, who will average another 25 years. 10 x 25 = 250. So per the description, I should buy 250 50 packs, or 12,500 bags!
I think this was meant to be written as something along the lines of "multiplying the number of people you care about by the average number of years you figure they’ve got left, and divide by 50. In my example above, I would be buying 5 packs.
Math is still tough, let’s go shop some more!
@bdb you mean you don’t get the people you care about fifty gifts each year?
@dave Will you be my friend?
@dave I suddenly feel inadequate, and in awe of matthew’s generosity.
@bdb I have a quibble with both “corrections”! I can tell you what happened on this one.
The sale was first set up with two available quantities. That’s why this bullet even exists; it was about choosing between the packs. It originally said “Choose how many you should get” — i.e. choose how many bags you want, do you want the 50-pack or the other one — “by multiplying the number of people you care about by the average number of years you figure they’ve got left”.
When the other pack was eliminated, a different staffer edited the text to read “Choose how many 50-packs you should get”.
I’m sure at some level, somewhere in our organization, we (mildly) regret the error, but on the other hand it provided an opportunity for this direct customer engagement we’re having now, which is invaluable.
@matthew Not to mention I love math. I like doing math. I like sharing math. And it gave me to opportunity to say something useful in the forums.
Can I use them to wipe myself?
Can these double as barf bags, because every day as our politics speak I feel the need to find a bag. The same could be said of my responses to such societal stalwarts as Harvy, Kevin, and all the other jack-holes that are bringing down the humanity average.
@bleedmichigan Technically all bags can double as barf bags, right?
@dave No. I would not use a mesh bag to barf in. That defeats the purpose of the bag. I was speaking towards the quality of this offering. Specifically what volume of projectile vomit are these bags able to corral.
@bleedmichigan @dave Technically, those guys are D-bags, not barf bags. Which makes me wonder: could these bags be used for such feminine “freshness” purposes?
[BTW: is a “Go Blue!” appropriate?]
@sreing there is no other way to Go than Blue. It’s just not possible. As for the bags they probably aren’t absorbent enough to work for that.
/giphy puzzling-vapid-quicksand
@fait OK, that is some very neat looking mud/sand/goo. Anyone happen to know the source?
I found it - Morecambe Bay, UK.
Original Video
A clip from the BBC showing how the rescue team extracts someone - worth a watch.
There is a rescue team that covers this area; the rescue team has a Youtube channel. They have a playlist about quicksand if you click here. I can’t vouch for these, my lack of time overwhelmed my curiosity.
/8ball will my wife be happy about me buying these?
Better not tell you now
Well, screw it. I guess I’ll find out the hard way.
/buy
How come they don’t specify how many wine bags you get?
Fabulous
Someone get it so they can get me 50 presents!
This is the kind of deal on gift bags you can get post-holiday in any store, except you wouldn’t have to buy fifty of them, and you could choose the bag(s).
Thats really cool!
"Why would anyone purchase high-quality decorative paper just for kids to shred? To briefly cover up the telltale Meh.com shipping label on the box, forestalling disappointment until the last moment?”
In a word: EXACTLY! The kids still haven’t forgiven me for the time I admitted that I bought their gifts from Meh (even though they liked the gifts before they knew their provenance)…
I’m slightly ashamed to be so excited about making the 50th comment on this sale of 50 bags.
Good deal
/buy
Why didn’t you work earlier?
@fuzzmanmatt It worked! Your order number is: abrasive-shallow-toothpaste
/image abrasive shallow toothpaste
The twenty must be the new $10 bill. Not a deal; I’ll pass.
I was going to pass on this but I thought I should ask my wife. Turns out that I did want these.
/giphy thriving-scattered-toothbrush
@TenaciousT If we sick our orders together, we’ll probably have bleeding gums.
@fuzzmanmatt Seems legit. Let’s get it done!
'tis the season!
/giphy berserk-rousing-power
@blndfayth what are u doing to me meh…thats 2 days in a row hurry up and send me my 24L bag with gift bags in it!
@blndfayth bags all the way down?
Would love to pull the trigger, but I don’t use kid-oriented bags. If you have any left over, reoffer them as holiday package or kid package and I’ll happily buy multiples of the non-kid version.
@Carebear But I do use a kids version for adult presents
@fairchild521 I would like a present in a superhero bag!
/giphy you’re cool
These will come in handy to give out the fidget spinners I bought everybody for Christmas
@fairchild521
something tells me these will be new candy corn
Would have bought if it was gift wrap. Sorry Mr. Meh staffer, it’s just way more satisfying to tear open paper than to lamely pull something out of a bag. It just doesn’t feel like Christmas otherwise. To me gift bags are a symbol of not giving a shit.
@Al_Coholic And growing up my mom used to make us NOT tear open the packages as she smoothed out, neatly folded and saved the paper to reuse. When we were grown one of our bigger pleasures was both shredding apart the paper on our packages (which caused her to keep telling us to open the packages carefully) and also giving her as the last present) enough wrapping paper she is still using it many years later LOL
@Al_Coholic I wrap boxed gifts, but I use bags for oddly shaped ones. This year due to unexpected expenses, I’m going to be making ceramics for everyone (tonight, actually) so these will be going into gift bags. Trivets, bowls, cups, spoon rests, cell phone stands, or key minders for all.
@moondrake Ok, that is a rare exception where it’s alright to use a bag. Personally, I like to try to wrap oddly-shaped things anyway because I think it’s funny to see when people receive them. And I usually have plenty of extra boxes lying around during the holidays anyway, so if I really can’t wrap something I will usually shove it into a spare box.
My wrapping sucks I agree with tearing the paper open part so I usually just tape the heck out of the top of the bag… It still looks bad but. It is what my family has come to expect and I don’t want to disappoint or confuse them
@fairchild521 Fold down or pinch shut the top, use a hole punch to make a half dozen holes, twist three colors of narrow ribbon together and lace thru holes to seal bag. Leave long ends dangling, or curl with scissors. Same effect, nice looking. Or just punch two and tie a bow through with a length of lace or raffia. You can get raffia at any craft store and sometimes Dollar Tree.
Giving gift bags for gifts. Great for young couples.