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<p>[QUOTE="Howard Ryan, post: 8387466, member: 118722"]I purchased some packs of Salips for a good price recently from here: <a href="http://coinpocket.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinpocket.com/" rel="nofollow">http://coinpocket.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now the site looks legitimate and there's possibly nothing wrong here but I have some questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, I have purchased probably 200 packs of Salfips over the years. Every pack was the same, every Salfip had the same texture, the same feel, the same patterned welding ridge-lines across the sides but these are different. The Photo isn't great but the one on the left is the real Saflip while the one on the right I'm skeptical. See the different welding?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1488360[/ATTACH] The welding is less thick on the sides and doesn't have the same looking welding ridge line as if it was welded with a different machine than the one Saflip has used for every other pack I've purchased. The feel is completely different too. In the saflip package they feel very rigid and you cannot bend them from the middle when more than two are stacked on top of one another which I've been able to do with 50 salfips stacked from every other Saflip I've purchased. The plastic is different as well. Saflips are clear with no horizontal streaks yet these saflips — though my camera cannot capture it — have horizontal streaks, almost like scratches but they were made this way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, when sealing them the smell is different. The mylar from Saflips has a particular smell but these smell different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Howard Ryan, post: 8387466, member: 118722"]I purchased some packs of Salips for a good price recently from here: [URL]http://coinpocket.com/[/URL] Now the site looks legitimate and there's possibly nothing wrong here but I have some questions. First, I have purchased probably 200 packs of Salfips over the years. Every pack was the same, every Salfip had the same texture, the same feel, the same patterned welding ridge-lines across the sides but these are different. The Photo isn't great but the one on the left is the real Saflip while the one on the right I'm skeptical. See the different welding? [ATTACH=full]1488360[/ATTACH] The welding is less thick on the sides and doesn't have the same looking welding ridge line as if it was welded with a different machine than the one Saflip has used for every other pack I've purchased. The feel is completely different too. In the saflip package they feel very rigid and you cannot bend them from the middle when more than two are stacked on top of one another which I've been able to do with 50 salfips stacked from every other Saflip I've purchased. The plastic is different as well. Saflips are clear with no horizontal streaks yet these saflips — though my camera cannot capture it — have horizontal streaks, almost like scratches but they were made this way. Lastly, when sealing them the smell is different. The mylar from Saflips has a particular smell but these smell different.[/QUOTE]
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