[HN Gopher] PlanBags Has Retired 1968-2021
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PlanBags Has Retired 1968-2021
Author : Agrue8u
Score : 41 points
Date : 2022-08-24 17:02 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| Luc wrote:
| Using a 'planbag' for shipping, doesn't the blueprint arrives
| full of folds? Is that not an issue?
| cldellow wrote:
| My wife does sewing pattern printing which I think is somewhat
| similar, ie very large format prints on a very expensive
| printer. She ships either folded in a large-size envelope or
| (for an extra fee) rolled in a sturdy container.
|
| Looking at the picture on the website here, it looks like the
| bags are big enough to support rolling, so I imagine it doesn't
| crease the plans.
| Agrue8u wrote:
| As an architect we often deliver full size 24" or 30" long
| drawing rolls and need an easy way to wrap. Using kraft paper
| bags is the easiest to store and wrap, and our vendor was a
| specialist of one item only. They retired and I thought it was
| cool that they posted links to 2 other vendors.
|
| One of which has posted a reason to use their product: Finger-
| Friendly Design To help reduce paper cuts, our bags feature a
| sawtooth-shaped trim. The softer edge reduces shear on the bag's
| open end. We call it "cutting-edge technology".
| https://blueprintmailingbags.com/
| TAForObvReasons wrote:
| A specialty business like PlanBags doesn't survive 50 years
| without building deep decades-long relationships with some
| customers. It's easy to forget that in tech when the biggest
| players shut down services with no lead time.
| dawnerd wrote:
| It's amazing how many companies out there that specialize in
| one thing and do that one thing very well.
|
| Example: https://www.ballchain.com/about-us/
| thechao wrote:
| This company restores dash boards for cars (anything from
| ~1960-~2000):
|
| https://www.justdashes.com
| c0nsumer wrote:
| When I was buying a bunch of N95 masks I came across "Bona
| Fide Masks" and was initially taken aback that it was the
| same company as "ballchain.com". My first thought was "Oh
| great, some shady thing...".
|
| Then I got looking into ballchain.com and was quite
| impressed for exactly what you say: they do something
| really well.
| unwind wrote:
| Wow, what a cool company! Makes me itch to order hundreds
| of feet of ball chain and make a huge chain fountain [1] to
| entertain the kids!
|
| [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_fountain
| unwind wrote:
| I love two things about that site, after discovering it now:
|
| - The fact that the ordering form does not compute the total
| price, and also asks you to manually keep track of adding
| $0.25/ea for orders under 100 pieces.
|
| - That they practically bomb you with their _phone number_ ,
| which is also said to be the company president's number. That's
| very accessible, if you're into that kind of thing.
| bombcar wrote:
| I'll bet you anything that form just sends an email to the
| president who then prints it out and fills out the order
| details.
|
| It's probably much easier for them if you call, and once your
| setup you just call and ask for a refill.
| navbaker wrote:
| I'm definitely picturing a dot matrix printer with the
| alternating white and green rows and holes on the sides of
| the accordion-folded paper.
| bombcar wrote:
| Nice of them to give you a ... planb ... ags.
|
| I'll see myself out.
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