[pct-l] Send your petitions to the Glad company to get the1 quart bags back!

[calliger@infolane.com (Richard Calliger)]

Well---I certainly agree...they were always in my drop boxes, trunk of my
car, my Thules on the SUV, my suitcases, suitbags, toilet article kit.
I use them everywhere!!!

BUT- the html link is not working..gives error...got another one as I did
try writing
them..and listen up folks...it wont take too many letters for them to
keep the product...u would be astounded at the impact even one letter
has on the S & M folks!! becasue they really dont get that many..the few
they get are zeroxed like crazy and passed around and the original is
kept in sealed plastic (1 quart size maybe?? heheheh) and preserved in its
very own file folder!

Rich


At 12:49 AM 10/19/02 -0700, Jason Rumohr wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I originally sent this email from a different email address and forgot that
>it was not the one that is subscribed to pct-l. Sorry if comes up duplicated
>since the original message was returned saying it is awaiting moderator
>approval, so I decided to send it again anyways with the right email
>account.
>
>
>The Glad company has stopped making/selling the 1 quart Stand and Zip bags
>and only offer them in a 1/2 gallon size now. Many of us have discovered the
>wonderful use of these bags in our backcountry cooking and will be searching
>for a new method to replace the bags. I tend to get several uses out of my
>bags, rewashing them between trips, but some meals just ruin the bags. I
>have written the Glad company and expressed my love of the product (do I
>need help? Love? of a plastic bag?!) and petitioned that they reconsider
>bringing the product back. Maybe if enough of us write the company they just
>might do that, maybe not. We won't know if we don't try.
>
>If you wish to email Glad:
>http://www.glad.com/contact.html
>
>
>Below is a copy of what I wrote to Glad on 10/18/02. Please don't simply cut
>and paste my words as your own if you write to Glad. If we do this, I'm sure
>Glad will see this as spam, and disregard our pleas. Just write your own
>experience with the bags in your words and that will have a much more
>profound impact on the representatives at Glad.
>
>**************begin transcript
>Hello Glad,
>
>It has come to my understanding that you are now longer making the 1 quart
>version of the Glad Stand and Zip bags and are only making the 1/2 gallon
>version. I am writing to tell you that the 1 quart stand and zip bags have
>revolutionized the way I do my backpacking and camping and I am very
>disappointed to hear that you have decided to discontinue this product. I
>suppose I could continue my method of cooking my backpacking meals with the
>1/2 gallon size, but they are way too large and would simply add unnecessary
>weight and bulk to my backpack.
>
>I like the 1 quart bags not only for their size and their ability to stand
>up, but *especially* for the type of plastic they are made of. It seems to
>be a much tougher and heat resistant form of plastic than other storage
>bags. I have other camping items made of what seems to be the same material
>manufactured by big fancy backpacking companies that claim their plastic
>product can be boiled, frozen, stomped on, etc. Let me say it again! I
>*REALLY REALLY REALLY* like...no, LOVE your 1 quart stand and zip bags.
>Please accept my petition for you to consider adding this product back to
>your product line. I am going to send my word out to all the folks I know
>(thousands) via the many internet email lists I belong to that deal with
>backpacking in all its aspects. I am going to tell them just what I am
>telling you and ask them to write to your company as well and express their
>own sentiments about the 1 quart Stand and Zip bags.
>
>Sincerely,
>Jason Rumohr
>Seattle, WA
>******************end transcript
>
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