@ruouttaurmind I agree. The freezer bags are better and that would be a huge selling feature and it would be plastered all over the box and in the specs. The fact it's not shown leads me to believe they are not freezer bags.
@osiris3mc I checked at BJs Wholesale and for the storage versions, it's $8.49 for 144 gallon bags and $8.49 for 248 quart bags. ($8.49 / 144 * 68) + ($8.49/248 * 88) makes it worth $7.02 at BJs any day of the week so it's not really that good of a deal on Meh today.
@spookymulder86 I know, right? Here I am all "I cannot wait to get pissed off at some schmuck store that puts out Christmas shit too soon" and Meh zoomed past Christmas to frickin' March 20.
I thought I had covered all my zippy bag needs via amazon. Damn you Meh. Now I'm covered until the grands start college. Can you ever have too many zipper bags? I'll soon know! Mwahahahahahahahaha!
@mfladd wasn't that fun? 1st your picture post, delete. Then a post mentioning your picture, delete. And my post about your pic, delete. Perhaps I should delete this post?
Still plenty of time within the 60 minute window to cancel and reorder if you want a different order confirmation number.
@djslack@RedOak I actually didn't care whether I went red or blue. I am an Independent. I just googled for my confirmation tag and guess who came up? I was like YIKES I am not going here tonight. Why couldn't I have mediocre-misunderstood-mushroom?
@RedOak I then put the words down to only two and then used web pages only and they were all the top links. (we are, but it is probably for the best :)
@mfladd I selected the entire phrase, including dashes, right-clicked, Search Google... and clicked images on the resulting page. (There was a quirky moonbeam image.)
@mfladd you know while I was thinking about it more. I could have posted the confirmation words and had a contest and told everyone to post what they thought was appropriate and started a political war. Would have went great with the coast war I started ;)
Nah, even I wouldn't start a red vs blue vs Trumps hair war.
@mfladd I'm sorry for the sellout. Who knew that that many people wanted bags that aren't good in the freezer and sow one else reported had shitty zippers? Perhaps someone will end up using them as a carrier for illicit beverages at the airport security and get high fived by TSA?
@sohmageek you didn't owe me an apology (half-hearted as that attempt was). I was telling someone else to blame you. I got my three. And I never use bags in the freezer. I vacuum seal!
@Thumperchick I do agree with you in general, but sometimes my backlog of lovely images just overpowers my desire for sweetness and light. It usually happens when the order generator gives me things like unsafe-rabid-bee.
@tapps It was @mfladd but I'll take the blame. He is the recently released goat and can't contain himself. He isn't used to not being abused if he requests it I can find that cattle prod around here. I know it will be my fault. But @mfladd misses the abuse!
I am trying to avoid plastic. I confess I still use some freezer bags and recycle them The sliders are awful though. I refuse to buy them. They come off and can end up in the wrong place :
Sorry. More sorry for the bird. There was a big thing about what they are finding in birds recently. I have been reading way too much of it and feeling guilty opening up milk cartons/bottles w/ the plastic rings and lids on them. It's gross and sad, but it's also amazing that the birds eat that stuff. They said in a few years all seabirds will have plastic in them. Maybe pictures like this are what we need to figure out some better ways ?
Re : your purchase -- -- Reuse and recycle. And don't feel too bad. It's hard to avoid plastic these days.
@ceagee I've seen the pictures, especially when I research the impact of plastic on the environment. Forcing a graphic image into a product thread is... over the top for me. Reminds me of the pro-lifer flyers outside of high schools.
Curious : Is this picture really any more disturbing than what is shown on 'Possum head chronicles ?
I do not feel it is the same as a pro lifer pamphlet. #ouch. I am not any kind of zealot. Just a bit of a science geek.
Study published in National Academy of Sciences 8/31/15 ( linked for your interest --in case you missed since you stated you research such things. No pictures at link) News coverage by reputable science mags had the photos. To me it is science, not propaganda. It is topical and connected to product.
That said, I do realize that the general vibe of meh leans toward light hearted quirky fun. In that consideration, I am perfectly willing to have @JonT or @hollboll or @moose edit the picture out. Happiness of members important. I do not take joy in causing distress or offending others. I hope the comments on the subject will be left.
@ceagee It's not the same level of awful at all. I'm not sure it needs to be edited, either. My point is that the picture wasn't necessary to make your point. It's weird and off putting to scroll through a product thread and see pictures of decaying animals. I don't think you're a zealot and wasn't trying to equate you to that - though it seems that I did just that, unintentionally.
Specs
Condition: New
Warranty: 90 Day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery: 9/22 - 9/24
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
2x Boxes of 34 Gallon bags (68 bags total)
2x Boxes of 44 Quart bags (88 bags total)
Pictures
Bundle of bags
Gallon boxes
Gallon bag
Quart boxes
Quart bag
Scale
Price Comparison
$18.99 at Amazon
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Estimated Delivery
Monday, January 28th - Monday, February 4th
Are these freezer bags or just the regular?
@cengland0 xlnt q. I hadn't considered that. The boxes (and the Amazon comparison link) lead me to believe they're NOT freezer bags.
@cengland0 Says storage on the package, so not freezer.
@ruouttaurmind I agree. The freezer bags are better and that would be a huge selling feature and it would be plastered all over the box and in the specs. The fact it's not shown leads me to believe they are not freezer bags.
@cengland0 If you zoom on the picture they say storage bags. That's the first thing I looked for.
Ya just never know what you're gonna git here, innit?
I'm bagging this deal
jerky-blighted-tinker
My mom uses these all the time... Merry Christmas mom!
Well tomorrow's deal can't possibly be worse than this. (Please god no)
@Mofongo duuuude, you fscked us.
@supichoo He checked our file system?
@supichoo We'll have orphaned inodes tomorrow?
@Mofongo speaker rocks are gonna make a comeback
I'm a little sad these aren't two 44 quart bags and two 34 gallon bags. Enormous ziploc bags would be interesting.
@zerth
@djslack
Can I use these to smother my cats that won't blend with a Ninja blender?
@jjohns71
Are these BPA free? Do I care?
Anyone know the price for this at Costco?
@osiris3mc I checked at BJs Wholesale and for the storage versions, it's $8.49 for 144 gallon bags and $8.49 for 248 quart bags. ($8.49 / 144 * 68) + ($8.49/248 * 88) makes it worth $7.02 at BJs any day of the week so it's not really that good of a deal on Meh today.
@osiris3mc I was trying to find that too. Then I got tired so I bought 3 of the Meh. (Oh God What Have I Done.)
@cengland0 Costco Couple shows these at $11 for 140 slider bags. Are you sure you aren't looking at the cheaper zipper bags?
@mtinks88 I did the same thing...
@cengland0 I miss having a BJ's close. We only have Costco.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00XUFX1J4/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
or 9.99 at Amazon. Grabbed 4 of these at Costco a couple months ago for $7.
Sorry, meh.
@eblade best price I see at that link is ~$15 with Prime shipping, which would be more than double meh's price...
I grabbed a big variety pack of these at BJ's last time we were there. The zip thing sucks.
@Thumperchick Well, crap. wasteful demonic pen
Spring themed. In September. Welp, they finally did it. They killed my fucking patience.
@spookymulder86 Store it in a Ziploc!
@mcanavino he can't , he said he was out of patience so none to store :)!
@spookymulder86 I know, right? Here I am all "I cannot wait to get pissed off at some schmuck store that puts out Christmas shit too soon" and Meh zoomed past Christmas to frickin' March 20.
Well zippity do dahs on sale tonight
In for 3. Always running out of bags
Two bagged...on a "sliding" scale of 5 to 1, this deal is a 3 with 5 being great , so this about zips its up for me tonight
I thought I had covered all my zippy bag needs via amazon.
Damn you Meh.
Now I'm covered until the grands start college.
Can you ever have too many zipper bags?
I'll soon know!
Mwahahahahahahahaha!
I love making my boss think I waste money on stupid stuff. So another Meh order to that end.
@shortman vertical-courageous-seed
@shortman Aw! That's so cute!
What the heck, butterflies and flowers. gullible-misleading-icicle
Zipping along tonight and saw another meh day deal..
I'm not gonna sugar-coat this: this is pretty bad. Like, "another speaker dock would've been better" bad.
@gubi try again. This time sugar-coat it.
@shawn I love speaker docks! Check my history! Especially white ones!
I wasn't going to buy this, but then I saw that they are backed by the 90 Day Mediocre guarantee.
In for three!
@tizio glib-insincere-lamp
bountiful-cliched-sack. They're handy for travelling!
@galmaegi
@mike808 What is wrong with these people?!
@mike808 uh... Thanks for picking that out. ^^;
Ominous-sleazy-Mage
I love using the gallon bags for marinating pork tenderloins. Lots of pork tenderloin in my future I guess.
mediocre misunderstood mushroom
@SSteve uuummm....star, just because. I am not even going to ask about the mushroom part.
@mfladd That right there was reason enough to switch from Google search to DuckDuckGo.
@marklog stocking up on packaging for beer Fuku 2 with today's Meh.
@cbilyak a little disappointed we weren't mentioned in the copy...
Why did I get the Political Confirmation that would create a shit storm if I posted a pic - NO FUN!
@mfladd wasn't that fun? 1st your picture post, delete. Then a post mentioning your picture, delete. And my post about your pic, delete. Perhaps I should delete this post?
Still plenty of time within the 60 minute window to cancel and reorder if you want a different order confirmation number.
@mfladd donald-trump-hair?
@mfladd I guess not. Sold out!
@RedOak LOL It was a shit storm no matter what direction I went. And while I love shit storms here, I am too tired tonight. BTW.........
Goat?
@RedOak I figured if he deleted his pic that he might not want the discussion, so after considering the matter I deleted too.
That was only after getting a couple "something went terribly wrong"s trying to reply to the pic that had been deleted.
@RedOak What was it?
@mfladd Much more peaceful not to mess with that fire here. Karma mess.
@mfladd BTW, the G thing isn't a good match. I know it and still don't get it.
@djslack @RedOak I actually didn't care whether I went red or blue. I am an Independent. I just googled for my confirmation tag and guess who came up? I was like YIKES I am not going here tonight. Why couldn't I have mediocre-misunderstood-mushroom?
@Thumperchick felt like it might lead to a political shit storm as @mfladd said.
@RedOak But if you are going to be the keeper of the front page thread it could happen. Be careful - it is HELL.
@mfladd hah! I googled it as well but got 3 or 4 others, not yours. (Well, aren't we creating mystery by absentia?)
@Thumperchick Nope, won't even say as to not start anything (I will tell you later). Needless to say, political confirmations words are not good.
@RedOak I then put the words down to only two and then used web pages only and they were all the top links. (we are, but it is probably for the best :)
@mfladd I selected the entire phrase, including dashes, right-clicked, Search Google... and clicked images on the resulting page. (There was a quirky moonbeam image.)
@RedOak Ok, I think I will wander over and take more shit about the Patriots and Tom Brady. I feel more comfortable with that. :) Have a good night!
@mfladd you know while I was thinking about it more. I could have posted the confirmation words and had a contest and told everyone to post what they thought was appropriate and started a political war. Would have went great with the coast war I started ;)
Nah, even I wouldn't start a red vs blue vs Trumps hair war.
@mfladd And your attempt to get banned lives on! Please oh please!
@RedOak @mfladd avoiding shitstorms is a good thing.
@mfladd I'm sorry for the sellout. Who knew that that many people wanted bags that aren't good in the freezer and sow one else reported had shitty zippers? Perhaps someone will end up using them as a carrier for illicit beverages at the airport security and get high fived by TSA?
@sohmageek you didn't owe me an apology (half-hearted as that attempt was). I was telling someone else to blame you. I got my three. And I never use bags in the freezer. I vacuum seal!
@Thumperchick I do agree with you in general, but sometimes my backlog of lovely images just overpowers my desire for sweetness and light. It usually happens when the order generator gives me things like unsafe-rabid-bee.
untidy-brainless-loss?
That's kind of the opposite of my goal in purchasing...
I"m a sucker for slider bags
fast-abusive-frog
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@apmeh great order confirmation number!
I just bought 468 slider bags. I use these in the freezer all the time, and OH GOD WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH 468 BAGS???
@OldCatLady quintuple bag everything. Just to be sure. Really sure.
@RedOak @OldCatLady Particularly since it looks like these aren't freezer bags.
@OldCatLady Speaking of extinction and such, google provided some useful images for my oppressive-waxy-hen.
dangit. some jerks bought my bags right out from under me.
meh.
@tapps blame @sohmageek he is the goat that is responsible for everything this month.
@tapps It was @mfladd but I'll take the blame. He is the recently released goat and can't contain himself. He isn't used to not being abused if he requests it I can find that cattle prod around here. I know it will be my fault. But @mfladd misses the abuse!
and they're gone
2006 sold. Wonder if they sold 6 extra packs before they turned off the order faucet?
This is an inferior brand of bags. They do not seal, so expect leaks if storing liquid.
WTF
I think this is the first time something has sold out before I had a chance to check on it. (Because I'm old and am rarely out later than 11 p.m.)
Glad it was something I don't care about.
Are these safe for storing AAA batteries?
@nadroj not the leaky ones of which you speak.
@nadroj AAA? I missed the triple A batteries? Dang it!
@LaVikinga You didn't actually miss anything with these batteries.
@2many2no Oh, THOSE AAAs. I still have the box on the shelf. So far, only one leak. Using them in "crap" items, because I live dangerously.
I just want to see who's crying about missing this.
This is what the year of data gathering has informed meh we want.
I am trying to avoid plastic. I confess I still use some freezer bags and recycle them
The sliders are awful though. I refuse to buy them. They come off and can end up in the wrong place :
@ceagee Why would you do that to me?
@ceagee Well, that was... painful.
@Thumperchick
Sorry. More sorry for the bird. There was a big thing about what they are finding in birds recently. I have been reading way too much of it and feeling guilty opening up milk cartons/bottles w/ the plastic rings and lids on them.
It's gross and sad, but it's also amazing that the birds eat that stuff. They said in a few years all seabirds will have plastic in them. Maybe pictures like this are what we need to figure out some better ways ?
Re : your purchase -- -- Reuse and recycle. And don't feel too bad. It's hard to avoid plastic these days.
Do you have one of these ?
@ceagee I've seen the pictures, especially when I research the impact of plastic on the environment. Forcing a graphic image into a product thread is... over the top for me. Reminds me of the pro-lifer flyers outside of high schools.
@Thumperchick
Curious : Is this picture really any more disturbing than what is shown on 'Possum head chronicles ?
I do not feel it is the same as a pro lifer pamphlet. #ouch. I am not any kind of zealot. Just a bit of a science geek.
Study published in National Academy of Sciences 8/31/15 ( linked for your interest --in case you missed since you stated you research such things. No pictures at link) News coverage by reputable science mags had the photos. To me it is science, not propaganda. It is topical and connected to product.
That said, I do realize that the general vibe of meh leans toward light hearted quirky fun. In that consideration, I am perfectly willing to have @JonT or @hollboll or @moose edit the picture out. Happiness of members important. I do not take joy in causing distress or offending others.
I hope the comments on the subject will be left.
Peace.
@ceagee It's not the same level of awful at all. I'm not sure it needs to be edited, either. My point is that the picture wasn't necessary to make your point. It's weird and off putting to scroll through a product thread and see pictures of decaying animals.
I don't think you're a zealot and wasn't trying to equate you to that - though it seems that I did just that, unintentionally.
Damn, that's a lot of plastic bags to dump into the environment!
I'm really proud of us all.
@2many2no i just burn them. Problem solved.
Did anybody notice the last picture? All the stuff crammed into the bags are @JonT wedding gifts we sent. I can even see the clown nose I sent.
@looseneck @JonT Hey, those were serious gifts to start a new household, not stage props! ;)
This would have been a good deal with VMP. I still have a lot of the small size from my last big Amazon order.
Some Tupperware type containers would be nice.
Dang, my need for sleep keeps making me miss the good ones!
@justjking I'm kind of regretting my purchase after all the reminders about the evils of plastic.