Hit or Miss which Quality of these you will receive
on January 24, 2021
Posted by: lpw11
Verified Purchase:Yes
If you order these good luck. You won't know which version you are going to receive. It is unclear which version/quality of Model #10525 sheet protectors you will receive when you order them. The quality of the ones I bought recently has gone downhill. Staples 200 clear sheet protectors. Item 10525 I've been buying these the past 4-5 years or so. I ordered a new box of 200 online in Jan 2021. This product delivered to me has changed is not the same quality as before. Box of 200 I bought Jan '21: Sheets are cloudy' don't lay flat are puckered. There is a slight vertical crease off center noticeable in different lights and when viewed at different angles. Previous packages of 200 purchased around 2019 and earlier were crystal clear. lay flat and have no creases of any kind. Both boxes (from the sheet protectors I bought several years ago - and the box from the ones I just bought in Jan 2021) are exactly the same - same product number & identifying numbers description layout everything is identical: "Staples clear sheet protectors. PVC free; acid free archival quality 2.4 mil thickness; 200 top-loading sheets; letter size. Copyright 2009. 10525 Bar Code: 7 18103 00989 8; S R-NA2. Made in China." The only thing that is different is the product inside the boxes. It's easy to tell which version you have. On the older version the Staples logo (that appears on each sheet in the narrow white strip with the 3 holes punched in it) is smaller and much more subtle. "Staples" appears inside a pale grey box. In the newer version "Staples" appears in significantly larger and bold print and the 'L" has an odd loop at the top. These used to be a great value. No longer. The newer version is good if you only care about functionality they do the job. If you like them to be classy looking these no longer make the grade. They look crummy. Update: Confusion: The photo of the box for Item#10525 shown on Staples website as of today 1-25-2021 is in fact different from the boxes I described above. 1) The box shown on the website states this is Item #040713/Model #10525. Huh? "Item #040713 does NOT appear on the box of sheet protectors just delivered to me nor on any of the older boxes. 2) The box shown on the website states these are "Medium Weight"; again this does not appear on any of the boxes I have. Does this mean this product changed yet again? Maybe it's been improved back to its original good quality? Is the box of sheet protectors I just received from older inferior stock that is not yet depleted? If so Staples please give this item a new Item Number so we can tell the difference in what we are ordering! Disappointed Customer.
Written by a customer while visiting Staples
Customer Rating
4
Very durable
on October 10, 2011
Posted by: Paula K.
I wasn't expecting these to be of the quality that they are based on my experience with other low cost sheet protectors. I'd say these are a good value for their quality.