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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hamster, post: 1314837, member: 32110&quot;]<b>Responses Received...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Do these responses make anyone feel better/worse about using these companies offerings for storage? It&#039;s clear to me the focus is on appearance over archival characteristics.<b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Lighthouse:</b></p><p>- Didn&#039;t respond to my question via their Contact Us form.&nbsp; Perhaps it got lost.</p><p>- I called them and received this info:<blockquote><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - Grande Albums are made of &quot;leatherette&quot;, and they did not know what the leatherette was made out of</p><p><br /></p></blockquote> <blockquote><p>- Album pages are made from PET, which I take to be Polyethylene terephthalate</p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Eagle response from web contact form was as follows (read it from bottom to top):</b></p><p>&quot;Cameron,</p><p><br /></p><p>We don&#039;t know the chemical compositiion of the regular binders, but the material has a &#039;matte&#039; finish compared to other vinyl binders, some of which have a shiney look.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ditto for the coated premium binders. We don&#039;t think you would be disappointed with either style.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eagle Customer Service</p><p><br /></p><p>--- On Mon, 11/28/11, CRK wrote:</p><p><br /></p><p>From: CRK</p><p>Subject: RE: Enquiry from Eagle Coin Holders</p><p>To: &quot;&#039;Robert Grant&#039;&quot;</p><p>Date: Monday, November 28, 2011, 11:06 PM</p><p>Robert,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks for the speedy reply!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Do you know what specific type of vinyl as vinyl is usually shorthand for PVC (poly-vinyl-chloride)?</p><p>Also, what is the cloth made out of?</p><p>What type of vinyl are the binders made of?&nbsp; I assume something different since they are not clear and rigid. =)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Cameron</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From: Robert Grant</p><p>Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 8:49 AM</p><p>To: Cameron Kacmarcik</p><p>Subject: Re: Enquiry from Eagle Coin Holders</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mr. Kacmarcik,</p><p><br /></p><p>All of our vacuum formed pages are made of clear rigid vinyl, which contain no PVC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our regular binders are standard vinyl binders and our premium bookbound binders are coated cloth.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eagle Customer Service</p><p><br /></p><p>--- On Sat, 11/26/11, Cameron Kacmarcik wrote:</p><p><br /></p><p>From: Cameron Kacmarcik</p><p>Subject: Enquiry from Eagle Coin Holders</p><p>To: &quot;Bob Grant&quot;</p><p>Date: Saturday, November 26, 2011, 10:19 AM</p><p>Eagle,</p><p>I have a couple questions regarding your Certified Coin Albums and Pages.</p><p>For example,</p><p>- 2 page Certified album (18 coins) [CA0002]</p><p>- 3 page Certified album with Premium Bookbound binder (27 coins) [CA0003b]</p><p><br /></p><p>Questions are as follows:</p><p>Q1: Are the binders and pages archival quality?</p><p>Q2: What are the binders and pages made out of?</p><p><br /></p><p>I will be storing these binders next to raw coins and want to make sure the raw coins will be unaffected by these binders and pages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Cameron&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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