Which shrink wrap system to buy?

Mikle39 · #1 12-24-2013, 03:52 PM

Hi everyone

I am a collector of retro big-boxing games
I need to seal some of my games.

On ebay I find many of them
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/shrink-wrap-system

But which to choose ?

Which are easy to use and good quality ?
Need advise !

Twisted · #2 12-31-2013, 07:28 AM

just maybe use polybags instead?..are you familiar with them?

KnightOfTruth · #3 12-31-2013, 02:25 PM

We used to use the rolling sheet w/cutter method followed by a heat-gun (or hot blow dryer actually) when I worked in retail. It was a pretty simple but highly effective method as long as you don't keep the heat-gun in one place too long.

Mikle39 · #4 01-16-2014, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

We used to use the rolling sheet w/cutter method followed by a heat-gun (or hot blow dryer actually) when I worked in retail. It was a pretty simple but highly effective method as long as you don't keep the heat-gun in one place too long.

Hello

Thanks for advise, can you give me link where I can see it or link where can i buy it ?

KnightOfTruth · #5 01-28-2014, 07:39 PM

Sorry Mike, it was years ago -- it basically looks like the ones you've linked. It just had a place to put a roll of "wrap" on one side and then a metal piece so you could fold the wrap around the object you were wrapping and a blade to cut it clean off after...we just used a high-powered hair dryer after to shrink the plastic. I'll see if I can find something that looks identical to it for you though.

Doomsayer · #6 03-12-2014, 10:53 AM

Re-sealing is amazing way to make more profit.

KnightOfTruth · #7 03-20-2014, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Doomsayer

Re-sealing is amazing way to make more profit.

Its funny you say that, I was looking at some "sealed" things on Ebay recently and thought to myself how many things aren't really sealed, but have been utterly used (or even replaced with like a cheap-o game or something) and then re-sealed and sold to a collector who will never know because they'll never "un-seal" it? And then the original seller could just sell it again sans box on Ebay for more profit...

When I used to work at a game store we were able to bring home any new game as basically a "free rental" and play them for up to a month (at which point you could re sign it out again if you so desired) but when we brought them back to the store we had to re-seal them just as if it was new and sometimes it looked even BETTER than it did when we first opened it up...

Makes you think...

Doomsayer · #8 03-21-2014, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

Its funny you say that, I was looking at some "sealed" things on Ebay recently and thought to myself how many things aren't really sealed, but have been utterly used (or even replaced with like a cheap-o game or something) and then re-sealed and sold to a collector who will never know because they'll never "un-seal" it? And then the original seller could just sell it again sans box on Ebay for more profit...

When I used to work at a game store we were able to bring home any new game as basically a "free rental" and play them for up to a month (at which point you could re sign it out again if you so desired) but when we brought them back to the store we had to re-seal them just as if it was new and sometimes it looked even BETTER than it did when we first opened it up...

Makes you think...

Oh ffs.. Even Gamestops aren't that bad (and they only allow for maxinum of 5 days). Which gamestore was that?