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<p>[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 2117889, member: 46237"]I'm completely with you on this one, but in this case, the seller said she only put the rubber band on when packaging it for shipping. It was only on the flip for about 2-3 days, though there may have been substantial pressure and/or heat on the package during shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>TPG instructions typically say to use rubber bands to secure each order's stack of flips. With damage to the surfaces clearly being possible after only a couple days, I have to assume TPGs don't have regular problems with this. In that case, perhaps the difference in thickness between the mylar in fold over flips and in cardboard flips with mylar windows makes the difference, or possibly the combination of humidity/heat/pressure has to be very specific for this to occur. Either way, as I don't know for sure, I have not been using them on any kind of flips, for any reason.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 2117889, member: 46237"]I'm completely with you on this one, but in this case, the seller said she only put the rubber band on when packaging it for shipping. It was only on the flip for about 2-3 days, though there may have been substantial pressure and/or heat on the package during shipping. TPG instructions typically say to use rubber bands to secure each order's stack of flips. With damage to the surfaces clearly being possible after only a couple days, I have to assume TPGs don't have regular problems with this. In that case, perhaps the difference in thickness between the mylar in fold over flips and in cardboard flips with mylar windows makes the difference, or possibly the combination of humidity/heat/pressure has to be very specific for this to occur. Either way, as I don't know for sure, I have not been using them on any kind of flips, for any reason.[/QUOTE]
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