I bought this supply of tape within the past two years but did not use more than four rolls in that amount of time. The supply was stored in a dark cabinet the boxes unopened and still stacked within the outer cellophane wrap with decent climate control but when I tried to use a roll to refill a dispenser during Christmas wrapping this winter the tape on the new roll shredded and was useless. I opened a second roll and the same condition occurred. I could not get a piece of tape to unroll without tearing and trickling off to nothing. Did I buy a defective 12-pack? Or does the Staples brand of invisible tape deteriorate within a couple of years even in an unopened unused state?
The tape that was bought worked fine. It was used in the ordinary courseof our business and we had nothing to complain about with respect to its durability etc.. However the pricing is a little silly. It must be a money makerfor both the manufacturer and the retainler such as Staples etc.. Many other retainler does sell similar product for about the same or more money - but that does not justify the very high price for this item - it is not reasonable that they have to charge so much for these items just because they can.